Context 12:9 He asked them, “How do you advise me1 to respond to these people who said to me, ‘Lessen the demands your father placed on us’?”2
[12:9]1tn In the Hebrew text the verb “we will respond” is plural, although it can be understood as an editorial “we.” The ancient versions have the singular here.
[12:9]2tnHeb “Lighten the yoke which your father placed on us.”