OET interlinear NEH 9:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֣ם הִרְבִּ֔יתָ כְּ⁠כֹכְבֵ֖י הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יִם

and,descendants_of,their made_~_numerous like,stars_of the=heavens

Their refers to the Israelites. This is a comparison, a figure of speech that says the number of children the Israelites had was like the number of stars in the sky. Alternate translation: “You enabled them to have as many children as there are stars in the sky”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

וּ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֣ם הִרְבִּ֔יתָ כְּ⁠כֹכְבֵ֖י הַ⁠שָּׁמָ֑יִם

and,descendants_of,their made_~_numerous like,stars_of the=heavens

This is an exaggeration for emphasis. Alternate translation: “You enabled them to have a very large number of children”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְנֵי⁠הֶ֣ם

and,descendants_of,their

Sons here means “descendants.” In this context it includes both boys and girls. Alternate translation: “and children”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠תְּבִיאֵ⁠ם֙ אֶל־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥רְתָּ לַ⁠אֲבֹתֵי⁠הֶ֖ם לָ⁠ב֥וֹא לָ⁠רָֽשֶׁת

and,brought,them to/towards the=earth/land which/who told to,ancestors_of,their to,enter in_order_to,possess

This is the same land described in verse 15, the land of Canaan. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say that explicitly. Alternate translation: “You brought them back to the land of Canaan, the land that you had commanded the previous generation to enter and occupy”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

לַ⁠אֲבֹתֵי⁠הֶ֖ם

to,ancestors_of,their

While fathers means “ancestors” throughout much of this prayer, in this case the word is intended more literally. It means the previous generation of Israelites, who had disobeyed when God told them the first time to occupy the land. But since both men and women were involved in the disobedience, you could use a term that would not limit the meaning to men, if it would be helpful in your language. Alternate translation: “to the previous generation”