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 # as sons ... My son
 
-These refer to everyone who belongs to God whether male or female. Alternate translation: "as children ... My child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations]])
+The word translated "sons" and "son" is specifically the word for a male child. In that culture the family line continued through the sons, not normally through the daughters. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-gendernotations]])
 
 # My son ... corrected by him