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# It came about that

"It happened that" or "Then,"

# open the eyes of these men that they may see

Elisha is asking Yahweh to cause the men to see clearly again. Alternate translation: "allow these men to see" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw

Yahweh allowed the men to see clearly again. Alternate translation: "Yahweh took away their blindness" or "Yahweh allowed them to see clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# behold

The word "behold" here shows that the Arameans were surprised by what they saw.
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Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-22 19:42:46 -07:00
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 17:07:05 -05:00			`Elisha is asking Yahweh to cause the men to see clearly again. Alternate translation: "allow these men to see" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 13:50:04 -07:00			`# Yahweh opened their eyes and they saw`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 13:47:54 -07:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 17:07:05 -05:00			`Yahweh allowed the men to see clearly again. Alternate translation: "Yahweh took away their blindness" or "Yahweh allowed them to see clearly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
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			`The word "behold" here shows that the Arameans were surprised by what they saw.`