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# groaned
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They did this because of their sorrow and misery. AT: "sighed deeply"
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# their pleas went up to God
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The cries of the Israelites are spoken of as if they were a person and were able to travel up to where God is. AT: "God heard their pleas" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# God called to mind his covenant
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This was a customary way of saying God thought about what He had promised. AT: "God remembered his covenant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]]) |