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- "If¹ a manª begetª° an hundredª [children], and liveª° manyª years,ª so that the daysª of his yearsª be¹¹ many,ª and his soulª be not¹ filledª° with¹ good,ª and also¹ [that] he have¹ no¹ burial;ª I say,ª° [that] an untimely birthª [is] betterª than¹ he. ... Moreover¹ he hath not¹ seenª° the sun,ª nor¹ knownª° [any thing]: thisª hath more restª than² the other.¹¹" {Ecc 6:3-5} + "Because¹ it shut not upª°¹ the doorsª of my [mother's] womb,ª nor hidª° sorrowª from mine eyes.ª¹ ... Or¹ as an hiddenª° untimely birthª I had not¹ been;¹ as infantsª [which] never¹ sawª° light.ª" {Job 3:10-16} + "Wherefore¹ then hast thou brought me forthª° out of the womb?ª¹ Oh that I had given up the ghost,ª° and no¹ eyeª had seenª° me! ... I should have been¹ as though¹ I had not¹ been;¹ I should have been carriedª° from the wombª¹ to the grave.ª" {Job 10:18-19} + "Because¹ he slewª° me not¹ from the womb;ª¹ or that my motherª might have been¹ my grave,ª and her wombª [to be] alwaysª greatª [with me]. ... Wherefore¹ came I forthª° out of the wombª¹ to seeª° labourª and sorrow,ª that my daysª should be consumedª° with shame?ª" {Jer 20:17-18} + "Andª woeª unto them that are²° with² child,ª¹¹ andª to them that give suckª° inª thoseª days!ª" {Mtt 24:19} + "For,ª behold,ª° the daysª are coming,ª° inª the whichª they shall say,ª° Blessedª [are] the¹ barren,ª andª the wombsª thatª neverª bare,ª° andª the papsª whichª neverª gave suck.ª°" {Lke 23:29}
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