OET interlinear JOS 24:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֮ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ & יָשְׁב֤וּ אֲבֽוֹתֵי⁠כֶם֙

thus he/it_had_said YHWH god_of Yisrael & lived ancestors_of,your_all's

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. See the discussion in the General Notes to this chapter of how you can do this through the end of this second-level quotation in verse 13. Alternate translation: “Yahweh, the God of Israel, is telling you that your fathers dwelled”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲבֽוֹתֵי⁠כֶם֙

ancestors_of,your_all's

As the General Notes to this chapter discuss, Yahweh is speaking of the ancestors of the Israelites as if they were their actual fathers. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly, here and throughout this chapter. Alternate translation: “your ancestors”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠נָּהָ֗ר

the=river

Yahweh assumes that the Israelites will know that by the river, he means the Euphrates River. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “the Euphrates River”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

תֶּ֛רַח אֲבִ֥י אַבְרָהָ֖ם וַ⁠אֲבִ֣י נָח֑וֹר

Terah father_of ʼAⱱrāhām and=father_of Nāḩōr

Yahweh is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Your ancestor was Terah, who was the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor”