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# Now Joseph
"Now" marks a change from the story to background information about Joseph. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
# over the land
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Here "land" refers to Egypt. Alternate translation: "over Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# all the people of the land
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Here "land" includes Egypt and other surrounding countries. Alternate translation: "all the people of all the nations that came to buy grain" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Joseph's brothers came
Here "came" can be translated as "went." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-go]])
# bowed down to him with their faces to the ground
This is a way of showing respect. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])