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# As Yahweh your God lives
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This phrase is an oath to emphasize that what she will say is true.
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# only a handful of meal
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"only a little bit of meal"
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# meal
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"flour." This what is used to make bread.
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# See, I
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"Let me tell you what I am doing: I"
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# two sticks
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This may refer to two sticks or to only a few sticks. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# that we may eat it, and die
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It is implied that they will die because they do not have anymore food. Alternate translation: "that we may eat. Afterwards, we will starve to death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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