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# rescue me
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"save me"
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# from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau
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Here the word "hand" refers to power. The two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second clarifies that the brother whom Jacob intended was Esau. AT: "from the power of my brother, Esau" or "from my brother, Esau" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# I am afraid of him, that he will
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"I am afraid that he will"
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# But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper. I will make your descendants ... number.'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated an an indirect quotation. AT: "But you said that you would certainly prosper me, and that you would make my descendants ... number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# make you prosper
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"do good to you" or "treat you well"
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# I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea
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This speaks about the very large number of Jacob's descendants as if their number will be like the grains of sand on the seashore. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# which cannot be numbered for their number
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "which no one can count because of their number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |