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# he instructed them
"he commanded them"
# I am about to go to my people
This is a polite way of saying he is about to die. Alternate translation: "I am about to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# go to my people
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Jacob is referring to where his inner man will go when he dies. He expects to join Abraham and Isaac in the afterlife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Ephron the Hittite
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This is the name of a man. "Hittite" means "descendent of Heth." See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:8](../23/08.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])