They were the antecedents of the Serfs, which we will see later on in medieval history in europe.

他们是农奴的祖先,这段历史我们在中世纪的欧洲会涉及

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And if this myth of origins were the fabrication of a later writer, then surely they would have written the story in such a way as to give their ancestors a less tenuous hold or claim, connection, to the land.

如果这个神话的开端是后世作者伪造的，那他们当然会像这样在故事中赋予其祖先较强的控制力,或者说所有权，建立其与这片土地较为紧密的联系。

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The laws are not only like our parents, they are like our ancestors, as we might say, who are owed respect and piety.

法律不只像是我们的父母，也像是我们的祖先，我们可以说，他们值得我尊重与孝敬。

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A people that are from whom Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came.

他们是沙德拉，米萨,亚伯尼哥，的祖先。

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It worked for them, they didn't have all these chronic diseases like we have, now they had other challenges, infectious diseases primarily, but they didn't have the chronic diseases like we have, like cancer, heart disease, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, etc., and Diabetes particularly.

这曾对祖先们奏效,他们不像我们会得一些慢性疾病,但他们要面对其他的挑战,主要是传染性疾病,但他们不像我们那样受着慢性疾病的困扰,如癌症,心脏病,高血压和高脂血等,特别是糖尿病

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