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Every hour and every day during those thirty years I prayed to the Most High, night and day.
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And after thirty years God heard your servant, and looked upon my low estate, and considered my distress, and gave me a son. I rejoiced greatly over him, I and my husband and all my neighbors; and we gave great glory to the Mighty One.
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So when he grew up and I came to take a wife for him, I set a day for the marriage feast.
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