“The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.”
You shall not despise an Egyptian, for you were an alien residing in his land — Egypt's hospitality during the famine years (Genesis 37–50) is remembered; Egyptians are treated with gratitude. This prohibition against 'despising' them balances the memory of Egypt's later oppression with recognition of earlier refuge.
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