# General Information:

Yahweh is speaking of caring for Israel like a parent cares for a child.

# When Israel was a young man

Yahweh is speaking about the people of Israel as if they were a young man. Yahweh is referring to when he first started his relationship with the nation. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# I called my son out of Egypt

"son" refers to the people of God the Father. Alternate translation: "I led my son out of Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

