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# that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "that Yahweh may cause you and your children to live a long time" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to your ancestors
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This refers to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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# to give them for as long as the heavens are above the earth
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This compares how long the people could stay in the land to how long the sky will exist above the earth. This is a way of saying "forever." Alternate translation: "to give them as a possession forever" or "to allow them to live there forever" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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