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# General Information:
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Here the words "he" and "him" refer to the one true God, the creator.
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# General Information:
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The words "their" and "them" refer to every nation of people living on the surface of the earth.
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# General Information:
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In using the word "us," Paul includes himself, his audience, and every nation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-inclusive]])
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# one man
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This means Adam, the first person God created. This can be stated to include Eve. It was through Adam and Eve that God made all other people. AT: "one couple"
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# having determined their appointed seasons and the boundaries of their living areas
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This can be stated as a new sentence. AT: "And he determined when and where they would live"
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# so that they should search for God and perhaps they may feel their way toward him and find him
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Here "search for God" represents desiring to know him, and "feel their way toward him and find him" represents praying and having a relationship with him. AT: "so that they should want to know God and perhaps pray to him and become one of his people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Yet he is not far from each one of us
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This can be stated in positive form. AT: "Yet he is very near to everyone of us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/seek]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]] |