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# God was speaking to him like this
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It may be helpful to state that this occurred later than the statement in the previous verse. AT: "Later God told Abraham"
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# four hundred years
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"400 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# I will judge the nation
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"nation" refers to the people in it. AT: "I will judge the people of the nation" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the nation that they serve
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"the nation that they will serve"
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# gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision
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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]])
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# so Abraham became the father of Isaac
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The story transitions to Abraham's descendants.
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# Jacob the father
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"Jacob became the father." Stephen shortened this. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/worship]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/circumcise]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jacob]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/patriarchs]] |