en_tn/gen/24/07.md

# who took me from my father's house

Here "house" stands for the people in his family. Alternate translation: "who took me from my father and the rest of my family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# promised me with a solemn oath

"swore an oath to me"

# saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,'

This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "saying that he would give this land to my descendants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])

# he will send his angel

The words "he" and "his" refer to Yahweh.