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# Now let your servant depart in peace
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"I am your servant; let me depart in peace." Simeon was referring to himself.
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# depart
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This is a euphemism meaning "die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# according to your word
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"Word" here is a metonym for "promise." Alternate translation: "as you have promised" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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