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Job 3:10

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because it did not shut the doors of the womb ⌞from which I came⌟ or hide my eyes from trouble.

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(The Lord had made it impossible for any woman in Abimelech’s household to have children because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.)

When the Lord saw Leah was unloved, he made it possible for her to have children, but Rachel had none.

“I hate my life. I will freely express my complaint. I will speak as bitterly as I feel.

“My complaint is bitter again today. I try hard to control my sighing.

“Why didn’t I die as soon as I was born and breathe my last breath when I came out of the womb?

Let its stars turn dark before dawn. Let it hope for light and receive none. Let it not see the first light of dawn

Get rid of what troubles you or wears down your body, because childhood and youth are pointless.

If only he had killed me while I was in the womb. Then my mother would have been my grave, and she would have always been pregnant.

He would also give one portion to Hannah because he loved her, even though the Lord had kept her from having children.