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# raised his hand
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The word "his" refers to Yahweh. Also, it was custom to raise a hand when swearing an oath.
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# scatter their descendants ... in foreign lands
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These two phrases have basically the same meaning and are used together for emphasis. AT: "and that he would make their descendants live in foreign lands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# scatter
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This means to disperse or spread out something.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foreigner]]