Later text
Hebrews 13:5BSB
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
Intertextuality Pair
Hebrews 13:5 → Genesis 28:15
Quotation
Earlier text
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
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Joshua 1:5BSB
No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Earlier text
David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
Significance
Exact form found also in Philo, likely from common synagogue tradition conflating Genesis/Deuteronomy texts. God promises never to abandon his people. Contexts involve uncertainty (Jacob leaving home, Israel entering Canaan)—assurance in difficult circumstances. Addresses persecution, loss of property. God's presence negates fear of people. The conflated quotation creates emphatic negation—"I will never, no never leave you; I will never, no never forsake you." If God's abiding presence is guaranteed, material possessions become relativized. Contentment flows from God's unfailing companionship, not financial security.
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