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# But Yahweh was gracious to Israel, and had compassion on them and concern for them

It may be helpful to divide this sentence into shorter parts. AT: "But Yahweh was very kind to the Israelite people. He helped them"

# So Yahweh did not destroy them

Yahweh's covenant is the reason he did not destroy Israel. This can be made explicit. AT: "This is the reason that Yahweh did not destroy them" or "Because of his covenant, Yahweh did not destroy them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# has not driven them away from his presence

Yahweh's rejection is spoken of as if he had physically driven Israel away from where he was. AT: "has not rejected them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# But Yahweh was gracious to Israel, and had compassion on them and concern for them`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It may be helpful to divide this sentence into shorter parts. AT: "But Yahweh was very kind to the Israelite people. He helped them"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# So Yahweh did not destroy them`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Yahweh's covenant is the reason he did not destroy Israel. This can be made explicit. AT: "This is the reason that Yahweh did not destroy them" or "Because of his covenant, Yahweh did not destroy them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# has not driven them away from his presence`

			`Yahweh's rejection is spoken of as if he had physically driven Israel away from where he was. AT: "has not rejected them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`