Deuteronomy 26

Deuteronomy 26:5

A Syrian ready to perish was my father.

A distressed sojourner in Syria, that fled from a cruel brother to the service of a cruel uncle, was that ancestor, from whom we are derived.

Deuteronomy 26:14

I have not eaten thereof in my mourning.

I have not eaten thereof uncomfortably and dejectedly, but with that cheerfulness of heart, which thou requirest.