1 Esdras 4:15-17

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¹⁵ Women gave birth to the king and to every people that rules over sea and land. ¹⁶ From women they came, and women brought up the very men who plant the vineyards from which comes wine. ¹⁷ Women make men’s clothes; they bring men glory; men cannot exist without women.^(A)