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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was just_as they_finished to_eating DOM the_grain which they_had_brought from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he/it_said to_them father_their go_back buy to/for_us a_little of_food.
OET (OET-RV) so when they’d used up all the grain that they’d brought from Egypt, their father instructed them, “Go back there and buy some food for us.”
וַיְהִ֗י
and=he/it_was
This phrase introduces an important event and helps create suspense so that readers will wonder what the outcome will be. Many translations omit it happened because it is not natural in their language. Do what is best in your language. Alternate translation: “So it happened that”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר כִּלּוּ֙
just=as finished
Consider whether it is clearer in your language to use a pronoun or a noun phrase here. Alternate translation: “when Jacob and his family had finished eating” or “… had used up”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
אֶת הַשֶּׁ֔בֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵבִ֖יאוּ
DOM the,grain which/who brought
The pronoun they refers here to Jacob’s sons, not Jacob’s family (as it did earlier in this sentence). Alternate translation: “all the grain that his sons had bought and brought home”
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ אֲבִיהֶ֔ם
and=he/it_said to,them father,their
Alternate translation: “their father Jacob told them,” or “he told them,”
שִׁבְרוּ & מְעַט אֹֽכֶל
buy & a_little food
Alternate translation: “and buy some more food”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
לָ֥נוּ
to/for=us
The pronoun us includes Jacob and his sons and their families here. Alternate translation: “for our family.”
43:1-7 As the famine continued, Jacob’s family needed more grain, but they could not return to Egypt without Benjamin (42:16, 20). Jacob realized that he was in a bind; he needed more food but was loath to lose Benjamin.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was just_as they_finished to_eating DOM the_grain which they_had_brought from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt) and_he/it_said to_them father_their go_back buy to/for_us a_little of_food.
OET (OET-RV) so when they’d used up all the grain that they’d brought from Egypt, their father instructed them, “Go back there and buy some food for us.”
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.