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# They were fruitful and multiplied greatly
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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The word "multiplied" explains how they were "fruitful." AT: "They had very many children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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# were fruitful
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Here "fruitful" means to prosper or to have children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# seventeen years
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"17 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# so the years of Jacob's life were one hundred forty-seven years
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"so Jacob lived to be 147 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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