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# What if
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"What should I do if"
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# will not be willing to follow me
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"will not follow me" or "refuses to come back with me"
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# Must I take your son back to the land from which you came
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"Should I take you son to live in the land from which you came"
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# Make sure that you do not take my son back there
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The phrase "Make sure" emphasizes the command that follows. "Be careful not to take my son back there" or "You definitely must not take my son there"
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# who took me from my father's house
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Here "house" stands for the people in his family. AT: "who took me from my father and the rest of my family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# promised me with a solemn oath
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"swore an oath to me"
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# saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land,'
This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "saying that he would give this land to my offspring" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
# he will send his angel
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The words "he" and "his" refer to Yahweh.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/promise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/offspring]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel]]
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