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# God said to him
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"God said to Jacob"
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# Be fruitful and multiply
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God told Jacob to produce children so that there would be many of them. The word "multiply" explains how he was to be "fruitful." See how you translated this in [Genesis 1:22 ](../01/22.md ). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# A nation and a company of nations will come from you
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Here "nation" and "nations" refer to Jacob's descendants who will establish these nations. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# God went up from him
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Here "went up" is used because where God dwells is typically thought of as being up or above the world. AT: "God left him"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/almighty]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/multiply]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac]]