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43 And she said to me, ‘Your servant was barren and had no child, though I lived with my husband for thirty years. 44 Every hour and every day during those thirty years I prayed to the Most High, night and day. 45 And after thirty years God heard your servant, and looked upon my low estate, and considered my distress, and gave me a son. I rejoiced greatly over him, I and my husband and all my neighbours;[a] and we gave great glory to the Mighty One.

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  1. 2 Esdras 9:45 Literally all my citizens

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