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# This is what you will say to my master Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says: 'I have been ... have delayed my return until now.
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This has a quotation within a quotation. The direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "'This is what I want you to tell my master Esau. Tell him that I have been ... have delayed my return until now.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# my master Esau
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Jacob is using polite language and refers to his brother as "my master."
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# your servant Jacob
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Jacob is using polite language and refers to himself as "your servant."
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