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And the king said unto her, “What aileth thee?” And she answered, “I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.

And thy handmaid had two sons, and the two strove together in the field; and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other and slew him.

And behold, the whole family has risen against thine handmaid, and they said, ‘Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also.’ And so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the earth.”

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