Midrash for Bava Metzia 61:6
א"ל רבא אי יגיד עליו ריעו ליתני קילתא וכ"ש חמירתא ליתני רצה בדרך דהויא אבידה וכ"ש רצה בין הכרמים ולתני רועה בין הכרמים דלא הויא אבידה וכ"ש רועה בדרך
It has been taught in support of you: If one sees water overflowing [its banks] and proceeding [onwards], he must put up a wall before it.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He assumed that its purpose was that the soil should not become waterlogged. ');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
And whence is it derived that if you open (your hand) to him once, in the end you will open it many times? From (Ibid. 8) "But open shall you open your hand to him."
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Sifrei Devarim
"Bestow shall you bestow upon him": and not upon his heirs.
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