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# He also will become a people, and he also will be great
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Here "He" refers to Manasseh, but it stands for his descendants. AT: "Your older son will have many descendants, and they will become a great people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# that day with these words
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"that day, saying"
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# The people of Israel will pronounce blessings by your names saying
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"The people of Israel will speak your names when they are blessing others"
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# by your names saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "by your names. They will ask God to make others like Ephraim and like Manasseh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# like Ephraim and like Manasseh
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Israel saying Ephraim's name first is another way he indicates that Ephraim will be greater than Manasseh.
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# Israel put Ephraim before Manasseh
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Giving Ephraim the greater blessing and making him more important than Manasseh is spoken of as if Israel physically put Ephraim in front of Manasseh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/descendant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/nation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/bless]] |