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# They were fruitful and multiplied greatly
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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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# were fruitful
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Here "fruitful" means to prosper or to have children. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# seventeen years
"17 years" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# so the years of Jacob's life were one hundred forty-seven years
"so Jacob lived to be 147 years old" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])