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# at midnight
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"in the middle of the night"
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# all the firstborn in the land of Egypt ... all the firstborn of cattle
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Here, "firstborn" always refers to the oldest male offspring. See how you translated a similar phrase in [Exodus 11:5](../11/04.md).
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# who sat on his throne
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This refers to Pharaoh.
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# the firstborn of the person in prison
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"to the firstborn of people in prison." This refers to prisoners, in general, and not to a specific person in prison.
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# There was loud lamenting in Egypt
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This can be stated with a verbal form. AT: "All the Egyptians cried loudly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# for there was not a house where there was not someone dead
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This double negative emphasizes the positive. AT: "because someone was dead in every house" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/pharaoh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/throne]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/prison]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lament]] |