From 051c426ee2dcdc31d5c6c792d75dc8b60b0a7611 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Susan Quigley Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2018 19:40:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] tN 1811 Hope --- rom/04/18.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/rom/04/18.md b/rom/04/18.md index af6ff83aa..7d50eae6f 100644 --- a/rom/04/18.md +++ b/rom/04/18.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # In hope he believed against hope -This idiom means that Abraham trusted God even though it did not seem that he could have a son. Alternate translation: "Even though it seemed impossible for him to have descendants, he believed God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) +This idiom means that Abraham hoped and believed even though what he hoped for seemed to be impossible. That is, Abraham trusted God to give him many descendants, even though it seemed to be impossible for him to have children. Alternate translation: "Even though it seemed that there was no reason to hope, Abraham hoped and believed" or "Even though it seemed to be impossible for him to have descendants, Abraham believed God and confidently expected" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]]) # according to what he had been told