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656 B
656 B
the first ... the second ... the third
These numbers refer to each of the brothers and can be expressed as such. Alternate translation: "the first brother ... the second brother ... the third brother" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
the first took a wife ... the second took her
"the first married a woman ... the second married her." Here marrying a woman is spoken of as "taking" her.
the third likewise
It may be helpful to explain what "likewise" means. Alternate translation: "the third brother married her as his other bothers did, and he also died leaving no children" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)