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# It came about that
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This phrase is used to mark the beginning of a new part of the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using that method here.
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# in the course of time
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Possible meanings are 1) "after some time had passed" or 2) "at the right time"
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# fruit of the ground
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This refers to the food that came from plants he had tended. AT: "crops" or "harvest" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# some of the fat
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This refers to the fatty parts of the lambs that he had killed, it was the best part of the animal. AT: "some of their fat parts" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# accepted
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"looked favorably upon" or "was pleased with"
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# was very angry
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Some languages have an idiom for anger such as "He burned" or "His anger burned."
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# he scowled
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This means that the expression on his face showed that he was angry or jealous. Some languages have an idiom that describes what a person's face looks like when he is angry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/cain]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fruit]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sacrifice]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]] |