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## will harden his heart ##
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Possible meanings are 1) "will make him unwilling to obey you" or 2) "will make him unwilling to obey me."
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## Israel is my son ##
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The word "Israel" is a shortened form of "the people of Israel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## is my son, my firstborn ##
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"is like my son, my firstborn" or "is like a firstborn son to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## you have refused to let him go ##
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The word "him" refers to the people of Israel as God's son. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## I will certainly kill your son, your firstborn ##
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The word "son" here refers to the actual son of Pharaoh.
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