And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.

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On the day you were born(A) your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to make you clean, nor were you rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.

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And as for your birth, (A)on the day you were born your cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt, nor wrapped in swaddling cloths.

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As for your birth, your umbilical cord wasn’t cut on the day you were born,(A) and you weren’t washed clean[a] with water. You were not rubbed with salt or wrapped in cloths.(B)

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  1. 16:4 Hb obscure

As for your birth, (A)on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths.

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