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# heritage
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"gift" or "valued possession". Children normally receive an inheritance from their parents. Inheritance goes from parents to children. This passage refers to children as the inheritance of their parents.
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# Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth
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Arrows are very important to a warrior because they protect him in battle. Children are spoken of as if they are a warrior's arrow. AT: "Having many children will help to protect you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# his quiver full of them
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A quiver is a container for arrows. Having many children is spoken of as if the children were arrows in a quiver. AT: "a home full of children" or "many children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])