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# keeping steadfast love for thousands
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"faithfully loving thousands"
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# thousands
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"thousands of generations" or "the thousandth generation". This refers to a great number of people.
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# he will by no means clear the guilty
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"I will by no means clear the guilty"
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# will by no means clear the guilty
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"will certainly not clear the guilty" or "will certainly not say that the guilty are innocent" or "will certainly not free guilty people"
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# He will bring the punishment for the fathers' sin on their children
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"He will punish the children for their fathers' sin". This phrase does not mean that a child is necessarily punished for the sins of their parents. Many scholars believe that this passage indicates that a parent's sins will have consequences that will affect their children and grandchildren.
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# their children
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The word "children" refers to sons and daughters.
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