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# your brothers will praise you ... Your father's sons will bow down before you

These two statements mean the same thing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# will praise you. Your hand

The second sentence states the reason for the first sentence. The word "for" or "because" can be added to make this clear. AT: "will praise you. For your hand" or "will praise you because your hand" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-connectingwords]])

# Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies

This is a way of saying "You will conquer your enemies." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# bow down

This means to bend over to humbly express respect and honor toward someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/judah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/praise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bow]]