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# Seir
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This is a mountainous area in the region of Edom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# This is what you will say to my master Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says: 'I have been ... in your eyes.'
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This has a quotation within a quotation. The direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "'This is what I want you to tell my master Esau. Tell him that I have been ... in his eyes.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# my master Esau
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Jacob is using polite language and refers to his brother as "my master."
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# your servant Jacob
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Jacob is using polite language and refers to himself as "your servant."
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# that I may find favor in your eyes
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The phrase "find favor" is an idiom which means to be approved of by someone. Here "eyes" are a metonym for sight, and sight is a metaphor representing his evaluation. AT: "that you may approve of me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/esau]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/edom]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/command]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/laban]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible//ox]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/donkey]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/favor]] |