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## multiply your descendants ##
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“will cause your descendants to increase greatly” or “will cause your descendants to be very many”
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## for my servant Abraham's sake ##
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"for my servant Abraham" or "because I promised my servant Abraham that I would do this." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## Isaac built an altar there ##
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Why Isaac built an altar can be made explicit: "Isaac built an altar there to sacrifice to Yahweh."
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## called on the name of Yahweh ##
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"prayed in the name of Yahweh" or "worshiped Yahweh." See how you translated this in [Genesis 12:8](../12/08.md).
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