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Share it with seven, even eight people
Possible meanings are 1) to share your possessions with many people, or 2) to invest your resources in multiple places.
seven, even eight people
"7, even 8 people." This is an idiom that means "numerous" people. Alternate translation: "numerous people" or "multiple people" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom)
what disasters are coming on the earth
Disasters happening is spoken of as if disasters were something that come to a place. Here "on the earth" may imply that these disasters happen to the person who is commanded to share. Alternate translation: "what disasters may happen in the world" or "what bad things may happen to you" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit)