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# like a fruitful vine in your house
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The wife is spoke of as a vine producing a lot of fruit. This implies that children are like fruit and the wife will have many children. Alternate translation: "very productive and give you many children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# your children will be like olive plants
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Children are compared to olive plants because of the way they grow to surround something. Children will surround the table and make it full. Alternate translation: "you will have many children who will grow and prosper" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# around your table
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This refers to the place where a family gathers to eat. Often, all those who eat a man's table are under his authority or control.
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