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22 Do you have cattle? Look after them.
    If they are useful to you, keep them.
23 Do you have children? Instruct them.
    Train them to be obedient[a]
    from their youth.
24 Do you have daughters?
Be attentive to their chastity,[b]
    and don’t be too cheerful with them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Sirach 7:23 LXX Bend their necks
  2. Sirach 7:24 LXX body
  3. Sirach 7:24 LXX Don’t brighten your face toward them.

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