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# Connecting Statement:

David continues speaking to Jonathan.

# with your servant ... have brought your servant

David speak of himself in the third person as a form of humility. Alternate translation: "with me, your servant ... have brought me, your servant" or "with me ... have brought me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])

# you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you

What it was that the two men agreed on can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me that you and I will always be good friends" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# for why then should you bring me to your father?

This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "then there would be no reason for you to bring me to your father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`

added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00			`David continues speaking to Jonathan.`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# with your servant ... have brought your servant`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`David speak of himself in the third person as a form of humility. Alternate translation: "with me, your servant ... have brought me, your servant" or "with me ... have brought me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-pronouns]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`What it was that the two men agreed on can be made explicit. Alternate translation: "Yahweh heard you when you made a solemn agreement with me that you and I will always be good friends" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# for why then should you bring me to your father?`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "then there would be no reason for you to bring me to your father" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00