God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.
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TSK · Genesis 47:12
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There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'
As for the people, he moved them to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end of it.
Now therefore don't be afraid. I will nourish you and your little ones." He comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him."
For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother cherishes her own children.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.