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A man leaves his own father, who brought him up, and his own country, and cleaves to his wife.
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With his wife he ends his days, with no thought of his father or his mother or his country.
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Hence you must realize that women rule over you! "Do you not labor and toil, and bring everything and give it to women?
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A man takes his sword, and goes out to travel and rob and steal and to sail the sea and rivers;
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he faces lions, and he walks in darkness, and when he steals and robs and plunders, he brings it back to the woman he loves.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.