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# General Information:
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Jacob continues speaking to his sons.
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# in it were purchased
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The purchase can be made explicit. AT: "in it were purchased by Abraham" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# from the people of Heth
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"from the Hittites"
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# finished these instructions to his sons
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"finished instructing his sons" or "finished commanding his sons"
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# he pulled his feet into the bed
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Jacob was sitting on the bed. Now, Jacob turns and puts his feet in the bed so he can lie down.
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# breathed his last
This is a polite way of saying a person died. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
# went to his people
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After Jacob died, his inner man went to the same place as his relatives who died before him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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