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The rule that neither a young child nor an old woman can give birth to a baby also applies to the world that I have created."
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Then I said, "Since you have brought up the subject, may I ask if the world you have been talking about is still young or is it approaching old age?"
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He replied, "You can learn the answer from any woman who has given birth to several children.
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Ask her why her younger children do not grow as tall as her older children.
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She will tell you that those born while she was young and healthy are much stronger than those born when she was getting old and becoming weak.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.