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and said unto her "Why weepest thou? Why art thou so grieved in thy mind?"
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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."
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And I said unto her, "What aileth thee? Tell me."
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She said unto me, "I, thy servant, have been barren and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years.
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And those thirty years I did nothing else day and night and every hour but make my prayer to the Highest.