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content/02/07.md

@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ If your language has different words for **you** depending on the number of peop
 
 # Adam replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked. So I hid.”
 
-This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “Adam replied that he heard God walking in the garden, and was afraid, because he was naked. So he hid.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
+This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “Adam replied that he heard God walking in the garden, and was afraid because he was naked. So he hid.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

content/02/11.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The ultimate punishment for their disobedience was death. Spiritual death is our
 
 God created Adam from the soil and gave him life. As a result of sin, his life will be taken from him and his body will decompose and become soil again.
 
-# Eve, which means ‘life-giver’
+# Eve, which means ‘life-giver,’
 
 God gave life to Adam and Eve, and it is passed on to every person through childbirth.
 

content/04/09.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 The parties could be two people, two groups of people, or a person and a group of people. 
 
-# in this case, God made a promise to Abraham
+# in this case, God made a promise to Abram
 
-The promise that God made to Abraham was without conditions. God would do what he promised. It did not depend on what Abraham did. 
+The promise that God made to Abraham was without conditions. God would do what he promised. It did not depend on what Abram did. 
 
 # God said, “I will give you a son from your own body. I give the land of Canaan to your descendants.”
 

content/05/01.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Without a child, Abram had no descendants to become a great nation.
 
-# So Abram’s wife, Sarai, said to him, “Since God has not allowed me to have children and now I am too old to have children, here is my servant, Hagar. Marry her also so she can have a child for me.”
+# So Abram’s wife, Sarai, said to him, “Since God has not allowed me to have children, and now I am too old to have children, here is my servant, Hagar. Marry her also so she can have a child for me.”
 
 This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “So Abram’s wife, Sarai, said to him that since God had not allowed her to have children and now I am too old to have children, Abram should take her servant, Hagar, and marry her also so she could have a child for Sarai.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
 

content/05/03.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# God also told Abram, “You will be the father of many nations. I will give you and your descendants the land of Canaan as their possession and I will be their God forever. You must circumcise every male in your family.”
+# God also told Abram, “You will be the father of many nations. I will give you and your descendants the land of Canaan as their possession, and I will be their God forever. You must circumcise every male in your family.”
 
 This is direct quotation. It can also be stated as an indirect quotation: “God also told Abram that Abram would be the father of many nations. God would give him and his descendants the land of Canaan as their possession and would be their God forever. Abram must circumcise every male in his family.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
 

content/06/04.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# God then blessed Abraham’s son, Isaac, because of the covenant he had made with Abraham 
+# God then blessed Abraham’s son Isaac because of the covenant he had made with Abraham.
 
 The promises of the covenant that God made with Abraham were not for him only, but also for his descendants.
 

content/08/02.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# because their father loved him most and because Joseph had dreamed
+# because their father loved him most, and because Joseph had dreamed
 
 The word **because** connects the two reasons Joseph’s brothers hated him (their father loved him most and Joseph’s dream), with the result (they hated him). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-result]])
 

content/11/07.md

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-# from the firstborn of the prisoner in jail, to the firstborn of Pharaoh
+# from the firstborn of the prisoner in jail to the firstborn of Pharaoh
 
 This is a way of saying that everyone’s firstborn son died–from the son of the least important person to the son of the most important person, and everyone in between.

content/13/07.md

@@ -1,27 +1,7 @@
-# these Ten Commandments
+# had given them
 
-This refers to the commands God gave to Moses for the Israelites to obey. They are listed in frames [13:05](13/05) and [13:06](13/06).
+This could be translated as: “had told them to obey.”
 
-# two stone tablets
+# to belong to God alone
 
-A tablet was a flat piece of stone or other hard material used in ancient times for writing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
-
-# God also gave
-
-This can be translated as: “God also told them.”
-
-# to follow
-
-This can be translated as: “that they must obey” or “that they must keep.”
-
-# if they obeyed
-
-The connecting word **if** indicates a hypothetical conditional relationship. God’s blessing depends on the Israelites obeying the laws. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical]])
-
-# But he said he would punish
-
-The connecting word **But** contrasts how God would bless the Israelites if they obeyed him with how he would punish them if they did not obey him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-contrast]])
-
-# if they did not obey
-
-The connecting word **if** indicates a hypothetical conditional relationship. God would punish the Israelites if they did not obey the laws. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical]])
+From among all the nations, God had chosen the Israelites for his special purpose. This could be translated as: “to be his special nation” or “to be his own people” or “to be the nation he chose to be his people.”

content/13/09.md

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ This refers to all the commandments and instructions that God had told the Israe
 
 When people brought animals to sacrifice, God chose to see the blood of the animals as a covering over their sin. This is like hiding something that is ugly or dirty by covering it.
 
-# **clean** in God’s sight
+# clean in God’s sight
 
 This could be translated as: “as if he did not have the sin according to God” or “free of the punishment for breaking God’s law.”

content/13/10.md

@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
-# had given them
+# these Ten Commandments
 
-This could be translated as: “had told them to obey.”
+This refers to the commands God gave to Moses for the Israelites to obey. They are listed in frames [13:05](13/05) and [13:06](13/06).
 
-# to belong to God alone
+# two stone tablets
 
-From among all the nations, God had chosen the Israelites for his special purpose. This could be translated as: “to be his special nation” or “to be his own people” or “to be the nation he chose to be his people.”
+A tablet was a flat piece of stone or other hard material used in ancient times for writing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
+
+# God also gave
+
+This can be translated as: “God also told them.”
+
+# to follow
+
+This can be translated as: “that they must obey” or “that they must keep.”
+
+# if they obeyed
+
+The connecting word **if** indicates a hypothetical conditional relationship. God’s blessing depends on the Israelites obeying the laws. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical]])
+
+# But he said he would punish
+
+The connecting word **But** contrasts how God would bless the Israelites if they obeyed him with how he would punish them if they did not obey him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-contrast]])
+
+# if they did not obey
+
+The connecting word **if** indicates a hypothetical conditional relationship. God would punish the Israelites if they did not obey the laws. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical]])

content/14/11.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This could be translated as: “God gave them everything they needed for food, water, and shelter.”
 
-# bread from heaven, called ‘manna.’
+# bread from heaven, called manna
 
 Overnight, this thin, bread-like food fell onto the grass like dew from the sky. They called it **manna**. Almost every day the people gathered this manna and cooked it as their food. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])
 

content/20/00.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 This title can also be translated as: “About how the Israelites went away as prisoners and how they returned” or “How did God send the Israelites away as prisoners and bring them back again?”
 
-# the Exile
+# The Exile
 
 The word **exile** means someone is removed from they country by force. The **Exile** is the term for this 70-year period when the Israelites were forced to live in Babylon.
 

content/21/01.md

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ The connecting words **Even when** contrast God creating a perfect world without
 
 Unless the head of a venomous snake is crushed, the snake can still hurt someone. Use a word for **crush** that communicates that its head is destroyed.
 
-# the snake who deceived Eve was Satan
+# Satan appeared as a snake in order to deceive Eve
 
 Satan spoke to Eve in the form of a snake. This does not mean that he is a snake now. This could be translated as: “The snake who deceived Eve was an appearance of Satan.”
 
-# who deceived Eve
+# to deceive Eve
 
-This could mean ‘who lied to Eve.’ The snake lied by making Eve doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.
+This could mean ‘to lie to Eve.’ The snake lied by making Eve doubt what God had said and tricking her into disobeying God.

content/22/01.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# In the past, God had spoken to his prophets so they could speak to his people. But then 400 years went by when he did not speak to them.
+# In the past, God had spoken to his prophets so they could speak to his people. Then came 400 years of silence in which he did not speak to men.
 
 This is background information about the prophets of God, and the 400 years that God did not send them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
 
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ This is background information about the prophets of God, and the 400 years that
 
 This could be translated as: “his people, the Israelites” or “his people, the Jews.” But only include the added information if it is not clearly understood who these people were.
 
-# 400 years went by
+# Then came 400 years of silence
 
-Other ways to say this are: “400 years passed” or “there were 400 years.” The last Old Testament prophet, Malachi, has prophesied 400 years before.
+Other ways to say this are: “Then 400 years  of silence passed” or “Then there were 400 years of silence.” The last Old Testament prophet, Malachi, has prophesied 400 years before.
 
-# when he did not speak to them
+# in which he did not speak to men
 
 This could mean ‘during which God did not give any messages to the prophets for his people.’
 

content/37/01.md

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# There was a man named Lazarus. He had two sisters, named Mary and Martha. They were all close friends of Jesus.
+# There was a man named Lazarus. He had two sisters named Mary and Martha. They were all close friends of Jesus.
 
 This introduces Lazarus and his sisters as new characters in the story, and also provides background information about their relationship to Jesus. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]], [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-participants]])
 

content/40/02.md

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-# a place called the Skull
+# a place called ‘the Skull’
 
-This can be stated in active form: “a place that people called the Skull” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+This can be stated in active form: “a place that people called ‘the Skull’” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
 
 # the Skull
 

content/43/02.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This is background information about Pentecost. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate
 
 The Jews would thank God for the wheat harvest by bringing offerings and celebrate by having special meals. Wheat is a grain crop; if you have no word that means **wheat**, you can use a more general word for grain. This happened in May; other crops were harvested at other times of the year.
 
-# This year, the time for Pentecost came about a week after Jesus had gone back to heaven.
+# This year the time for Pentecost came about a week after Jesus had gone back to heaven.
 
 This introduces a new event. It is now the Day of Pentecost, 50 days after Passover. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-newevent]])
 

content/45/05.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This could mean ‘called out in a loud voice’ or ‘said very loudly.’
 
 This could mean ‘take my spirit.’ It may be helpful to add ‘please’ to show that this was a request. Alternate translation: “please receive my spirit”
 
-# he fell to his knees
+# He fell to his knees
 
 This is an act of submission to God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
 

content/45/06.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# That day, many people in Jerusalem started persecuting the followers of Jesus, so the believers fled to other places. But in spite of this, they preached about Jesus everywhere they went.
+# That day many people in Jerusalem started persecuting the followers of Jesus, so the believers fled to other places. But in spite of opposition, they preached about Jesus everywhere they went.
 
 This is background information about the persecution of the believers after the death of Stephen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
 
-# But in spite of this
+# But in spite of opposition
 
 The Jewish leaders thought they could stop the spread of Jesus’ teaching by persecuting his followers. Instead, this caused them to scatter and spread the message even more widely.

content/46/00.md

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# Saul Becomes a follower of Jesus
+# Saul Becomes a Follower of Jesus
 
 This title can also be translated as: “About how Saul became a follower of Christ” or “How did Saul become a follower of Christ?”

content/46/09.md

@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ This was an ancient city located in what is now the southernmost tip of the mode
 
 This could also be translated as: “to help the church to grow strong spiritually” or “to help the believers in Jesus to grow strong in their faith” or “to help the people to believe more firmly in Jesus.”
 
-# believers in Jesus were first called “Christians.”
+# believers in Jesus were first called ‘Christians.’
 
-This implies that other people called the believers by this name. This can be stated in active form: “The people of Antioch first called the believers in Jesus ‘Christians’.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+This implies that other people called the believers by this name. This can be stated in active form: “The people of Antioch first called the believers in Jesus ‘Christians.’” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

content/47/01.md

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-# As Saul traveled throughout the Roman Empire, he began to use his Roman name, “Paul.”
+# As Saul traveled throughout the Roman Empire, he began to use his Roman name, ‘Paul.’
 
 This is background information about why Saul was now called Paul. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
 

content/47/07.md

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 The connecting word **So** introduces a reason and result relationship. The reason was the owners could no longer make money. The result was they took Paul and Silas to the Roman authorities. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/grammar-connect-logic-result]])
 
-# They beat
+# who beat
 
-**They** refers to the Roman authorities, not the owners of the slave girl. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
+**who** refers to the Roman authorities, not the owners of the slave girl. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
 
 # threw them