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# Your father gave instructions before he died, saying, 'Tell Joseph this, "Please forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin when they did evil to you."'
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This has a two level quotation and a three level quotation. They can be stated as indirect quotations. Alternate translation: "Your father instructed us before he died to tell you to forgive us for the evil thing we did to you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# Your father gave instructions before he died, saying
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Jacob was the father of all the brothers. Here they say "your father" to emphasize that Joseph needs to pay attention to what his father said. Alternate translation: "Before our father died he said"
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