7 O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labor, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast. (WEB) 8 Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing. (WEB) 9 Alas, of my children, some of you unmarried, and some who have married to no profit, I will not see your children, nor have the joy of being a grandmother. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:7–9
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