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# your ... you
In 27:39-40 these pronouns are singular and refer to Esau, but what Isaac says also applies to Esau's descendants (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
In 27:39-40 these pronouns are singular and refer to Esau, but what Isaac says also applies to Esau's descendants
# By your sword you will live
Here "sword" stands for violence. Alternate translation: "You will rob and kill people in order to get what you need to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
"You will rob and kill people in order to get what you need to live"
# you will break his yoke off of your neck
This speaks about someone having a master as if the master's control over the person were a yoke that the person had to carry. Alternate translation: "you will free yourself from his control" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
"you will free yourself from his control"