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please forgive

The words "your people" or "us" are understood. Alternate translation: "please forgive your people" or "please forgive us" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-ellipsis)

how will Jacob survive? For he is so small.

Here "Jacob" represents his descendants the Israelites. Alternate translation: "how will we Israelites survive? We are so small and weak!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)