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# There were seven brothers
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The Sadducees tell Jesus a story because they want to ask him a question about it to test him. The story is not about things that really happened. Alternate translation: "Suppose there were seven brothers"
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# the first
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the first brother
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# the first took a wife
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"the first brother married a woman." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.
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# seed
This is a euphemism for a son. See how you translated this in [verse 19 ](./19.md ). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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