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# But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper. I will make your descendants ... number.'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. It can be stated an an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "But you said that you would certainly prosper me, and that you would make my descendants ... number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])
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# make you prosper
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"do good to you" or "treat you well"
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# I will make your descendants like the sand of the sea
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This speaks about the very large number of Jacob's descendants as if their number will be like the grains of sand on the seashore. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# which cannot be numbered for their number
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This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "which no one can count because of their number" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
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