At the end, the writer doesn't depict him as needing the sacrifice for food or sustenance.

最后，作者也没有把上帝描述成,一个需要贡品来获得食物的人。

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And moreover during the period of the flood they don't have food,they don't have sustenance.

而且，在洪水中，他们找不到食物,没有供给。

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It was a set of beliefs in the sustenance of a social order as it is.

这就是一套,维护社会体系的信仰

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I think this is a case where they need help, not deserve it, but I think, again, if you had a certain level of requirements to meet sustenance, you're gonna need help, like, if you don't have food or a place to live, that's a case of need.

我认为这个例子中，他们需要帮助，但并不他们是应得的，不过我认为，如果你在一定程度上需要他人救助以维持生计，你就需要别人的帮助，比如，如果你没东西吃，没地方住，这才是需要帮助。

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