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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said not he_will_go_down son_my with_you_all if/because his/its_woman he_has_died and_he for_him/it_being_alone [is]_remaining and_come_to_him harm in/on/at/with_journey which you_all_will_go in/on/at/with_her and_bring_down DOM gray_hairs_my in/on/at/with_sorrow sheol_to.
OET (OET-RV) “My son will not go with you,” Yacob countered, “because his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if harm were to meet him on the road that you’re going on, then you’d bring my gray head down to the grave in grief.”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר
and=he/it_said
Alternate translation: “But his father insisted,”
לֹֽא יֵרֵ֥ד בְּנִ֖י עִמָּכֶ֑ם
not go_down son,my with,you_all
Notice that the pronoun you is plural in this verse. Also, see how you translated go down in verse 2. Alternate translation: “My son Benjamin may not go with you to Egypt,”
Note 2 topic: translate-kinship
כִּֽי אָחִ֨יו מֵ֜ת
that/for/because/then/when his/its=woman dead
Joseph was Benjamin’s older brother from the same father and mother. Consider whether your language has a special kinship term for that. Also consider whether or not it is better to begin a new sentence here in your language.
וְה֧וּא לְבַדּ֣וֹ נִשְׁאָ֗ר
and=he for=him/it=being_alone left
You could include a footnote here that explains that Joseph and Benjamin were the only two sons of Rachel, Jacob’s favorite wife who died after giving birth to Benjamin (Gen 35:16-20). Alternate translation: “so he is the only one I have left from his mother.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hypo
וּקְרָאָ֤הוּ אָסוֹן֙ בַּדֶּ֨רֶךְ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּֽלְכוּ בָ֔הּ
and,come_to,him harm in/on/at/with,journey which/who make in/on/at/with,her
Jacob is saying what would happen if he lost Benjamin too. Consider what is the best way to translate this hypothetical statement in your language. Also, see how you translated “harm … meet him” in verse 4. Alternate translation: “So if he were to be killed during your journey,” or “So if anything bad happened to him while you are traveling,”
וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֧ם אֶת שֵׂיבָתִ֛י בְּיָג֖וֹן
and,bring_~_down DOM gray_hairs,my in/on/at/with,sorrow
Jacob uses the phrase my gray head to refer to himself as their aged father. Consider whether your language has a similar phrase that is natural and works well here. Alternate translation: “you would cause me, your gray-haired father, to grieve so deeply that I would die and go down” or “you would cause me, your gray-haired father, so much grief that I would die and go down”
Note 4 topic: translate-unknown
שְׁאֽוֹלָה
sheol,to
The Hebrew term Sheol is the name of the place where the spirits of people went after they died. If you transliterate the name Sheol in your translation, you could put its meaning in a footnote. See how you translated this term in Gen 37:35, and see the note about that there.
42:38 Jacob was resolute in his favoritism toward Rachel’s remaining son. Benjamin would not go to Egypt even if it meant that Leah’s son Simeon never returned. Jacob’s grief apparently weighed heavily on the brothers’ conscience (44:18-34).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said not he_will_go_down son_my with_you_all if/because his/its_woman he_has_died and_he for_him/it_being_alone [is]_remaining and_come_to_him harm in/on/at/with_journey which you_all_will_go in/on/at/with_her and_bring_down DOM gray_hairs_my in/on/at/with_sorrow sheol_to.
OET (OET-RV) “My son will not go with you,” Yacob countered, “because his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if harm were to meet him on the road that you’re going on, then you’d bring my gray head down to the grave in grief.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.