## raised his hand ##

The Israelites often raised their hands when swearing an oath.

## scatter their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in foreign lands. ##

These two phrases have basically the same meaning and are used together for emphasis. AT: "and that he would make their descendants live in foreign lands" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## scatter ##

This means to disperse or spread out something.