en_tn/gen/31/10.md

# General Information:

Jacob continues his story to his wives Leah and Rachel.

# Once at the time of breeding season

"During the breeding season"

# mating with the flock

Here "flock" represents only the female goats. AT: "mating with the female goats of the flock" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# were striped, speckled, and spotted

"had stripes, little spots, and big spots"

# angel of God

Possible meanings are 1) God himself appeared as a man or 2) one of God's messengers appeared. Since the phrase is not well understood, it is best to simply translate it as "the angel of God," using the normal word that you use for "angel."

# I said

"And I answered"

# Here I am

"Yes, I am listening" or "Yes, what is it?" See how you translated this in [Genesis 22:1](../22/01.md).
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`Jacob continues his story to his wives Leah and Rachel.`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Once at the time of breeding season`

			`"During the breeding season"`

			`# mating with the flock`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "flock" represents only the female goats. AT: "mating with the female goats of the flock" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# were striped, speckled, and spotted`
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			`"had stripes, little spots, and big spots"`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# angel of God`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) God himself appeared as a man or 2) one of God's messengers appeared. Since the phrase is not well understood, it is best to simply translate it as "the angel of God," using the normal word that you use for "angel."`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I said`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"And I answered"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"Yes, I am listening" or "Yes, what is it?" See how you translated this in [Genesis 22:1](../22/01.md).`