# Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main story line. Here the author starts to tell a new part of the story.

# The land of Egypt and the land of [Canaan](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/canaan)

This refers to the people living in these lands. AT: "The people of Egypt and the people of [Canaan](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/canaan)" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# wasted away

"became thin and weak"