# Now Jacob became

The word "Now" marks a new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])

# Why do you look at one another?

Jacob uses a question to scold his sons for not doing anything about the grain. AT: "Do not just sit here!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Go down there ... went down

It was common to speak of going from Canaan to Egypt as going "down."

# from Egypt

Here "Egypt" refers to the people selling grain. AT: "from those selling grain in Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send

Benjamin and Joseph had the same father and mother. Jacob did not want to risk sending Rachel's last son. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/grain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/josephot]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/benjamin]]