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# Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the one Isaac fears, had been with me
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Jacob is referring to the same God not to three different gods. Alternate translation: "If the God of Abraham and Isaac, my father, had not been with me"
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# the God of my father
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Here the word "father" refers to his parent, Isaac.
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# the one Isaac fears
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Here the word "fears" refers to the "fear of Yahweh," which means to deeply respect him and show that respect by obeying him.
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# empty-handed
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This stands for having nothing. Alternate translation: "with absolutely nothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# God has seen my affliction and my toil
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The abstract noun "affliction" can be stated as "afflicted." Alternate translation: "God has seen how hard I worked and how you afflicted me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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