Your daughter-in-law loves you, and has done more for you than seven sons. And now she has given you a grandson, who will bring new life to you and give you security in your old age."

"Respect your father and your mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that I am giving you.

For God said, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and 'If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'

they do not need to honor their father. In this way you disregard God's command, in order to follow your own teaching.

For Moses commanded, 'Respect your father and your mother,' and, 'If you curse your father or your mother, you are to be put to death.'

they are excused from helping their father or mother.

Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for the present and for the future.

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should learn first to carry out their religious duties toward their own family and in this way repay their parents and grandparents, because that is what pleases God.

But if any do not take care of their relatives, especially the members of their own family, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He told him, "My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. They are now in the region of Goshen."

Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other.

At the time of harvest you must give one-fifth to the king. You can use the rest for seed and for food for yourselves and your families."

even though as apostles of Christ we could have made demands on you. But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother taking care of her children.