The verse means: “Let your hospitality and your alms be extensive: for you do not know what reverses may befall either that person who by your gene…

To seven, and also to eight. —Quite similar forms of expression occur in Job 5:19; Proverbs 30:21; Amos 1:3;[Referen…

Give a portion to seven,

And if that is a perfect number, give beyond it,

And also to eight;

Give to more than…

Give a portion to seven, and also to eight
Or, a "part" ^F17; not the whole of a man's substance, for he must have to…

Solomon pre es the rich to do good to others. Give freely, though it may seem thrown away and lost. Give to many. Do not excuse yourself with the g…