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# you cast lots for a fatherless child
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"you would even gamble to win an orphan"
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# you cast lots ... haggle over your friend
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Here "you" and "your" are in second person plural form. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# haggle over your friend like merchandise
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This compares how the man would sell his friend to how a person sells merchandise or wares. Alternate translation: "bargain to sell your friend for money" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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