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Now when the maids were gone forth, the two elders rose up, and ran unto her, saying,
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Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with thee; therefore consent unto us, and lie with us.
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If thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee: and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
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Then Susanna sighed, and said, I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death unto me: and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands.
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It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
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With that Susanna cried with a loud voice: and the two elders cried out against her.
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Then ran the one, and opened the garden door.
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So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the privy door, to see what was done unto her.
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But when the elders had declared their matter, the servants were greatly ashamed: for there was never such a report made of Susanna.
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And it came to pass the next day, when the people were assembled to her husband Joacim, the two elders came also full of mischievous imagination against Susanna to put her to death;
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And said before the people, Send for Susanna, the daughter of Chelcias, Joacim's wife. And so they sent.