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# Then he said
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"Then the servant said"
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# grant me success today and show covenant faithfulness to my master Abraham
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You can state this with the connecting word "by." This makes clear how the servant wants God to show covenant faithfulness. AT: "Show covenant faithfulness to my master Abraham by granting me success today" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-connectingwords]])
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# grant me success
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"give me success." The servant wanted to find a good wife for Abraham's son. The abstract noun "success" can be stated as a verb. AT: "help me to succeed" or "make me able to do what I have come here to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# show covenant faithfulness to my master Abraham
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The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "faithful." AT: "be faithful to the covenant you have with my master Abraham" or "be faithful to my master Abraham" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# Look
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Here the word "Look" adds emphasis to what follows.
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# the spring of water
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"the spring" or "the well"
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# the daughters of the men of the city
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"the young women of the city"
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# Let it happen like this
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"Let it happen this way" or "Make this happen"
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# When I say to a young woman, 'Please lower your pitcher so that I may drink,'
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This is a quotation within a quotation. This can be expressed with an indirect quote. AT: "When I ask a young woman to let me have a drink of water from her jar" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotesinquotes]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])
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# Please lower your pitcher
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The women carried the pitchers on their shoulder. She would have to lower it to give the man a drink.
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# pitcher
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a medium-size jar made of clay used for holding and pouring liquids
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# that you have shown covenant faithfulness to my master
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The abstract noun "faithfulness" can be stated as "been faithful." AT: "that you have been faithful to the covenant you have with my master Abraham" or "you have been faithful to my master Abraham" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenantfaith]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fountain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/appoint]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/camel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/isaac]]