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# the fourth day
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"day 4" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal]])
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# Trick
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mislead or fool someone into doing something they would not want to do
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# your father's house
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These words could refer to 1) the actual house. Alternate translation: "the house your father and his family live in" Or 2) the people who live in the father's physical house. Alternate translation: "your family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# will burn up
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The phrase "burn up" means to burn something completely. If a person is "burnt up," it means that person is burned to death. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Did you invite us here in order to make us poor?
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They ask her this question to accuse her of doing evil. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "You have brought us here to make us poor!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
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# to make us poor
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They would become poor if they had to buy him new clothes if they could not solve the riddle. Alternate translation: "to make us poor by forcing us to buy him new clothes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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