#General Information:

Judah continues his story to Joseph

#And you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And you said to your servants that unless our youngest brother comes with us, we would not see you again" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotesinquotes]] and [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotations]])

#And you said to your servants

Judah refers to himself and his brothers as "your servants." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "Then you said to us, your servants" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_123person]])

#comes down ... go down

It was common to use the word "down" when speaking of traveling from Canaan to Egypt.

#you will not see my face again

Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "you will not see me again" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche]])

#And it came about

This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here. (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:writing_newevent]])

#we went up to your servant my father

It was common to use the phrase "went up" when speaking of traveling from Egypt to Canaan.

#we told him the words of my master

Judah refers to Joseph as "my master." Also, "words" stands for what was said. AT: "we told him what you said, my master" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_123person]] and [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy]])

#And our father said, 'Go again, buy us some food'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And our father told us to go again to Egypt to buy food for us and our families" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotesinquotes]] and [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotations]])

#And we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother ... is with us.'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And we said to him that we cannot go down to Egypt. We told him that if our youngest brother is with us ... is with us." (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotesinquotes]] and [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_quotations]])

#to see the man's face

Here "face" stands for the whole person. AT: "to see the man" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche]])