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OET (OET-LV) And_they_said expressly_(ask) he_asked the_man to/for_us and_about_family_our to_say still father_your_all’s living is_there to/for_you_all a_brother and_answered to_him/it[fn] on the_mouth the_questions the_these to_know did_we_know DOM_that he_will_say bring_down DOM brother_your_all’s.
43:7 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) “The man kept asking about us and our relatives,” they answered. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We just answered what he asked. How could we possibly know that he would insist that we bring our youngest brother there?”
שָׁא֣וֹל שָֽׁאַל הָ֠אִישׁ
to_ask he_asked the=man
Alternate translation: “The man questioned us intensely” or “The man asked us many questions”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive
לָ֣נוּ וּלְמֽוֹלַדְתֵּ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר
to/for=us and,about,family,our to=say
In verses 7-8, the pronouns “us,” “our,” and we are exclusive since they do not include Jacob (whom the sons are talking to). Alternate translation: “about ourselves and about the rest of our family.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
הַע֨וֹד אֲבִיכֶ֥ם חַי֙ הֲיֵ֣שׁ לָכֶ֣ם אָ֔ח
?,still father,your_all's he/it_lived ?,is_there to/for=you_all brother
Consider whether it is more natural in your language to translate this embedded quote with a direct or indirect quote. Alternate translation: “He specifically asked us whether our father was still alive and if we had another brother.”
וַנַ֨גֶּד ל֔וֹ עַל פִּ֖י הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה
and,answered to=him/it on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in answer the,questions the=these
Alternate translation: “So we just answered his questions honestly” or “All we did was answer his questions.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲיָד֣וֹעַ נֵדַ֔ע
?,to_know know
Jacob’s sons use a rhetorical question here to emphasize their innocence and express strong emotion. Consider what is the best way to communicate that in your language. Alternate translation: “We could not possibly have known”
כִּ֣י יֹאמַ֔ר הוֹרִ֖ידוּ אֶת אֲחִיכֶֽם
that/for/because/then/when say bring_~_down DOM brother,your_all's
If you translate this rhetorical question as a statement, make sure that you end it with a period or exclamation point. Alternate translation: “that he would tell us to bring our brother down there to him!”
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_they_said expressly_(ask) he_asked the_man to/for_us and_about_family_our to_say still father_your_all’s living is_there to/for_you_all a_brother and_answered to_him/it[fn] on the_mouth the_questions the_these to_know did_we_know DOM_that he_will_say bring_down DOM brother_your_all’s.
43:7 Note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) “The man kept asking about us and our relatives,” they answered. “He asked, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We just answered what he asked. How could we possibly know that he would insist that we bring our youngest brother there?”
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.