'Little' in the Bible
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.
And the servant came running to her and said, Give me a little water from your vessel.
Let it come about that, while I am waiting here by the water-spring, if a girl comes to get water and I say to her, Give me a little water from your vessel, and she says,
Then Jacob gave him bread and soup; and he took food and drink and went away, caring little for his birthright.
And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;
And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.
For before I came you had little, and it has been greatly increased; and the Lord has given you a blessing in everything I have done; but when am I to do something for my family?
And all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives; everything in their houses they took and made them waste.
And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.
Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.
And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?
And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
And say to them, This you are to do: take carts from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and get your father and come back.
Then Jacob went on from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Jacob took their father and their little ones and their wives in the carts which Pharaoh had sent for them.
And when the grain is cut, you are to give a fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts will be yours for seed and food, and for your families and your little ones.
And all the family of Joseph, and his brothers and his father's people: only their little ones and their flocks and herds they did not take with them from the land of Goshen.
So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.
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