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# He gave away thirty daughters in marriage
Here "give away ... in marriage" is an idiom which means that he allowed his daughters to get married. Alternate translation: "He had thirty daughters and arranged a marriage for each of them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# he brought from the outside thirty daughters of other men for his sons
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The idiom "bring them in from the outside" means that he had women from other clans marry his sons. Alternate translation: "he arranged for thirty daughters of other men from outside of his clan to marry his sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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