4 Maccabees 13:19-21

Common English Bible

Love between siblings

¹⁹ No doubt you are aware of the powerful love that exists between brothers and sisters. Divine and wise providence gives this kind of love through the father and plants it in the mother’s womb. ²⁰ These brothers all spent the same length of time in the same womb. They were formed over the same period of time. They grew from the same blood, and they were brought to full term with the same life. ²¹ They were born after the same amount of time, and drank milk from the same fountains. The same fond embraces nurtured brotherly love in their souls.