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# 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]])
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "Now" marks a new part of the story. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Why do you look at one another?`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`