1-Kings - 3:17



17 The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house. I delivered a child with her in the house.

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And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.
And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
and the one woman saith, 'O, my lord, I and this woman are dwelling in one house, and I bring forth with her, in the house;
And one of them said, O my lord, I and this woman are living in the same house; and I gave birth to a child by her side in the house.
And one of them said: "I beg you, my lord, I and this woman were living in one house, and I gave birth, with her in the room.

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And the one woman said,.... Who was the plaintiff:
O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; pointing to the defendant, who stood by her:
and I was delivered of a child with her in the house; she being present at the delivery, and she only, as it should seem.

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