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And because thou dost give life to the body which is now fashioned in the womb, and dost furnish it with members, what thou hast created is preserved in fire and water, and for nine months the womb which thou has formed endures thy creation which has been created in it.
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But that which keeps and that which is kept shall both be kept by thy keeping. And when the womb gives up again what has been created in it,
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thou hast commanded that from the members themselves (that is, from the breasts) milk should be supplied which is the fruit of the breasts,
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so that what has been fashioned may be nourished for a time; and afterwards thou wilt guide him in thy mercy.
12
Thou hast brought him up in thy righteousness, and instructed him in thy law, and reproved him in thy wisdom.
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.