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So she sent one of her maidservants, who went into the chamber, and found them safe and sound, sleeping both together.
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And returning she brought the good news: and Raguel and Anna his wife blessed the Lord,
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And said: We bless thee, O Lord God of Israel, because it hath not happened as we suspected.
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For thou hast shewn thy mercy to us, and hast shut out from us the enemy that persecuted us.
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And thou hast taken pity upon two only children. Make them, O Lord, bless thee more fully: and to offer up to thee a sacrifice of thy praise, and of their health, that all nations may know, that thou alone art God in all the earth.