1 Esdras 4:14-16

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¹⁴ “Gentlemen, is not the king great, and are not men many, and is not wine strong? Who is it, then, who rules them or has the mastery over them? Is it not women? 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.