en_tn/gen/32/03.md

# Seir

This is a mountainous area in the region of Edom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# This is what you will say to my master Esau: This is what your servant Jacob says: 'I have been ... in your eyes.'

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]])

# my master Esau

Jacob is using polite language and refers to his brother as "my master."

# your servant Jacob

Jacob is using polite language and refers to himself as "your servant."

# that I may find favor in your eyes

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]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Seir`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is a mountainous area in the region of Edom. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# 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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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# my master Esau`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jacob is using polite language and refers to his brother as "my master."`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# your servant Jacob`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Jacob is using polite language and refers to himself as "your servant."`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# that I may find favor in your eyes`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`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]])`