We're dealing with a highly embellished and theologically interpreted myth of origins for a nation.

我们在探讨,一个高度美化并且经由神学解释的神话,关于一个国家的起源。

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And part of the purpose of this story is to explain The origin of the observance of the Sabbath, the seventh day, as a holy day.

这个故事的部分要旨是,解释庆祝安息日的起源，第七天是圣日。

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