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# General Information:
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Here the prophet Malachi begins to speak to his fellow Israelites.
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# Is there not one father for us all? Has not one God created us?
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Malachi asks these questions in order to remind his fellow Israelites about what they already know. Alternate translation: "You know that we all have one father, that our God has created a nation out of us." or "You all know that God is the father of all us Israelites, because he is the one who made our nation." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Has not one God created us?
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This question is meant to express a statement. Alternate translation: "Certainly it is the same God who has created us." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# created us
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This probably refers to God forming the Hebrews into a nation.
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# Why are we faithless each man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?
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Malachi asks this question in order to rebuke his fellow Israelites. This question may be expressed as a statement. Alternate translation: "We should certainly not mistreat our brothers and disrespect God's covenant by disobeying his commands, as you have been doing." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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