unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/49/10.md

# The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet

The "scepter" and the "staff" are long decorated sticks that kings carried. Here they are metonymies that stand for the power to rule. And, "Judah" stands for his descendants. AT: "The power to rule will always be with the descendants of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him

Possible meanings are 1) "Shiloh" means "tribute." AT: "until the nations obey him and bring him tribute" or 2) "Shiloh" refers to the city of Shiloh. AT: "until the ruler comes to Shiloh. Then the nations will obey him" Many people consider this a prophecy about the Messiah, who is a descendant of King David. David is a descendant of Judah.

# The nations will obey him

Here "nations" refer to the people. AT: "The people of the nations will obey him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`# The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`The "scepter" and the "staff" are long decorated sticks that kings carried. Here they are metonymies that stand for the power to rule. And, "Judah" stands for his descendants. AT: "The power to rule will always be with the descendants of Judah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`# until Shiloh comes. The nations will obey him`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
5th generation of tNotes formatting 2017-12-07 06:38:15 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) "Shiloh" means "tribute." AT: "until the nations obey him and bring him tribute" or 2) "Shiloh" refers to the city of Shiloh. AT: "until the ruler comes to Shiloh. Then the nations will obey him" Many people consider this a prophecy about the Messiah, who is a descendant of King David. David is a descendant of Judah.`
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			`# The nations will obey him`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here "nations" refer to the people. AT: "The people of the nations will obey him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`