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