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# General Information:
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Yahweh continued to speak to Abram while Abram dreamed.
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# I will judge
Here "judge" is a metonym for what will happen after God makes the judgment. AT: "I will punish" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# that they will serve
The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "that your descendants will serve" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# abundant possessions
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This is an idiom. AT: "many possessions" or "great wealth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# you will go to your fathers
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This is a polite way of saying "you will die." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# fathers
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The word "fathers" is a synecdoche for all ancestors. AT: "ancestors" or "ancestral fathers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# you will be buried in a good old age
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"you will be very old when you die and your family buries your body"
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# In the fourth generation
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Here one generation refers to a lifespan of 100 years. "After four hundred years"
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# they will come here again
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"your descendants will come back here." Abraham's descendants would come to the land where Abram was then living, the land that Yahweh had promised to give to him.
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# has not yet reached its limit
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"is not yet complete" or "will get much worse before I punish them"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/father]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peace]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/iniquity]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/amorite]]
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