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OET (OET-LV) Only so_as to_know the_generations of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to_teach_them war only which to/for_previously not experienced_it.
OET (OET-RV) (if only for the sake of teaching warfare to those generations who hadn’t experienced it):
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
sons_of Yisrael
See the discussion of this phrase in the General Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated the similar expression in 2:4. Alternate translation: [the Israelites]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
לֹ֥א יְדָעֽוּם
not experienced,it
This instance of the pronoun them refers to the wars against the Canaanites described in the previous verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [had not experienced these wars]
3:1-4 The ongoing presence of the Philistines and Canaanites in the land had an instructional purpose. Skills in warfare were necessary for survival in the ancient world. God allowed a continuing presence of enemies, but they would become his provision for Israel’s training and well-being.
OET (OET-LV) Only so_as to_know the_generations of_the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to_teach_them war only which to/for_previously not experienced_it.
OET (OET-RV) (if only for the sake of teaching warfare to those generations who hadn’t experienced it):
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.