¹¹ I will provide for you there,^(A) because five years of famine^(B) are still to come. Otherwise you and your household and all who belong to you will become destitute.’^(C)

¹² Joseph also provided his father and his brothers and all his father’s household with food, according to the number of their children.^(A)

⁴ But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents,^(A) for this is pleasing to God.^(B)

⁹ And he continued, “You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe^[a] your own traditions!^{(A) 10} For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and mother,’^[b](B) and, ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’^{[c](C) 11} But you say^(D) that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)— ¹² then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother.

⁵ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ ⁶ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

⁶ and the land of Egypt is before you; settle^(A) your father and your brothers in the best part of the land.^(B) Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability,^(C) put them in charge of my own livestock.^(D)”