en_tn/act/07/06.md

# God was speaking to him like this

It may be helpful to state that this occurred later than the statement in the previous verse. AT: "Later God told Abraham"

# four hundred years

"400 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# I will judge the nation

"nation" refers to the people in it. AT: "I will judge the people of the nation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the nation that they serve

"the nation that they will serve"

# gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision

The Jews would have understood that this covenant required Abraham to circumcise the males of his family. AT: "made a covenant with Abraham to circumcise the males of his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# so Abraham became the father of Isaac

The story transitions to Abraham's descendants.

# Jacob the father

"Jacob became the father." Stephen shortened this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/circumcise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/isaac]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/patriarchs]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# God was speaking to him like this`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`It may be helpful to state that this occurred later than the statement in the previous verse. AT: "Later God told Abraham"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# four hundred years`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"400 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I will judge the nation`

			`"nation" refers to the people in it. AT: "I will judge the people of the nation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# the nation that they serve`

			`"the nation that they will serve"`

			`# gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision`

			`The Jews would have understood that this covenant required Abraham to circumcise the males of his family. AT: "made a covenant with Abraham to circumcise the males of his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# so Abraham became the father of Isaac`

			`The story transitions to Abraham's descendants.`

			`# Jacob the father`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"Jacob became the father." Stephen shortened this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/abraham]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/circumcise]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/isaac]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/patriarchs]]`