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-# obey the command of your father ... do not forsake the teaching of your mother
+# obey the command of your father ... do not abandon the teaching of your mother
 
-These two phrases on the one hand mean the same thing. On the other hand, the repeated emphasis on both "father" and "mother" explicitly includes women in the whole teaching-learning process. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
+These two phrases are very similar in meaning, but the use of both  "father" and "mother" explicitly includes women in the teaching process. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
 
-# do not forsake the teaching of your mother
+# do not abandon the teaching of your mother
 
-This figure of speech is using the negative "forsake" to mean the positive "obey." Alternate translation: "obey the teaching of your mother" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])
+The abstract noun "teaching" can be expressed as a verb.  Alternate translation: "Do not reject what your mother teaches you"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])