Genesis 18:19
19For I have achosen ▼▼Hebrew known
him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” Exodus 12:26-27
26And cwhen your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’ 27you shall say, d‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people ebowed their heads and worshiped.Exodus 13:14-15
14 fAnd when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, g‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of hslavery. 15For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the iLord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but jall the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’Deuteronomy 4:9-10
9 k“Only take care, and lkeep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. mMake them known to your children and your children’s children— 10how on nthe day that you stood before the Lord your God at Horeb, the Lord said to me, o‘Gather the people to me, that I may let them hear my words, pso that they may learn to fear qme all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children so.’Deuteronomy 6:2
2that ryou may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and sthat your days may be long.Deuteronomy 11:19
19You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.Psalms 78:4-6
4We will not thide them from their children,but utell to the coming generation
the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might,
and vthe wonders that he has done.
5 He established wa testimony in xJacob
and appointed a law in yIsrael,
which he commanded our fathers
to teach to their children,
6that zthe next generation might know them,
the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
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