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# Unless the God of my father, the God of [Abraham](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham), and the one [Isaac](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac) fears, had been with me
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Jacob is referring to the same God not to three different gods. AT: "If the God of [Abraham](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham) and [Isaac](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac), my father, had not been with me"
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# the God of my father
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Here the word "father" refers to his parent, [Isaac](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac).
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# the one [Isaac](rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac) fears
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Here the word "fears" refers to the "fear of Yahweh," which means to deeply respect him and show that respect by obeying him.
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# empty-handed
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This stands for having nothing. AT: "with absolutely nothing" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# God has seen my oppression and how hard I worked
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The abstract noun "oppression" can be stated as "oppressed." AT: "God has seen how hard I worked and how you oppressed me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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