## translationWords

* [[en:tw:death]]
* [[en:tw:death|death, die, dead]]
* [[en:tw:descendant]]
* [[en:tw:descendant|descendant]]
* [[en:tw:foreigner]]
* [[en:tw:foreigner|foreigner, foreign]]
* [[en:tw:nation]]
* [[en:tw:nation|nation]]
* [[en:tw:oath]]
* [[en:tw:oath|oath, swear]]

## translationNotes

* **raised his hand** - The Israelites often raised their hands when swearing an oath.
* **scatter their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in foreign lands.** - These two phrases have basically the same meaning and are used together for emphasis. AT: "and that he would make their descendants live in foreign lands" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_parallelism]])
* **scatter** - This means to disperse or spread out something.