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# issued it as a regulation
"gave it as a law"
# in Joseph
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Here "Joseph" represents all of the Israelites. Alternate translation: "to the Israelites" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# when he went against the land of Egypt
This refers to the historical events in Egypt when the people of Israel were enslaved and God rescued them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# the land of Egypt
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Here "land" represents the people. Alternate translation: "the people of Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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