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# When [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob) was told
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "When someone told [Jacob](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob)" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# your son Joseph has arrived to see you
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"your son Joseph has come to you"
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# Israel gathered strength and sat up in bed
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Here the author speaks of Israel struggling to to sit up in bed as if he were gathering "strength" as someone gathers actual things. AT: "Israel made a great effort to sit up in bed" or "Israel struggled as he sat up in bed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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