⁶ “If you happen to find a bird’s nest in a tree or on the ground, and there are young ones or eggs in it with the mother sitting in the nest, do not take the mother with the young.

²⁸ But you must not slaughter a mother animal and her offspring on the same day, whether from the herd or the flock.

⁶ “What is the price of five sparrows—two copper coins^[a]? Yet God does not forget a single one of them.

¹⁷ Release all the animals—the birds, the livestock, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—so they can be fruitful and multiply throughout the earth.”

¹¹ O Lord, please rescue me from the hand of my brother, Esau. I am afraid that he is coming to attack me, along with my wives and children.