2 Esdras 9:39-47

39 Then let I my thoughts go that were in me, and turned unto her
40 and said unto her "Why weepest thou? Why art thou so grieved in thy mind?"
41 And she said unto me, "Sir, let me alone, that I may bewail myself and add unto my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind and brought very low."
42 And I said unto her, "What aileth thee? Tell me."
43 She said unto me, "I, thy servant, have been barren and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years.
44 And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night and every hour but make my prayer to the Highest.
45 After thirty years God heard me, thine handmaid, looked upon my misery, considered my trouble, and gave me a son. And I was very glad for him, so was my husband also and all my neighbors; and we gave great honor unto the Almighty.
46 And I nourished him with great travail.
47 So when he grew up and came to the time that he should have a wife, I made a feast.
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