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896 B
Markdown
27 lines
896 B
Markdown
## Now ##
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This word is used here to mark a new part of the story.
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## Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father’s household ##
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“Go from your land, from your family, from your father's household”
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## I will make of you a great nation ##
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"I will start a great nation through you" or "I will make your descendants become a great nation"
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## and make your name great ##
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"and make you famous"
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## whoever dishonors you I will curse ##
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"I will curse whoever treats you in a shameful way" or "if anyone treats you as worthless, I will curse him"
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## Through you all the families of the earth will be blessed ##
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This can be translated with an active clause: "I will bless all the families of the earth through you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## Through you ##
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This can be translated as "Because of you" or "Because I have blessed you." |