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# Judah told him
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"Judah told his father Jacob"
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# The man
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This refers to Joseph, but the brothers did not know it was Joseph. They referred to him as "the man" or "the man, the lord of the land" as in [Genesis 42:30](../42/30.md).
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# warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'
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This has a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "warned us that we would not see his face unless we brought our youngest brother with us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# solemnly warned us
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"was very serious when he warned us, saying"
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# You will not see my face
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Judah uses this phrase twice in 43:3-5 to emphasize to his father that they cannot return to Egypt without Benjamin. The phrase "my face" refers to the man, who is Joseph. Alternate translation: "You will not see me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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# your brother is with you
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Judah is referring to Benjamin, Rachel's last born before she died.
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