And Joseph hurried, for he was stirred, and he was deeply moved toward his brother. And he sought for a place to weep; and he came into the inner room and wept there.
And the woman whose son was the living one said to the king (for her womb yearned over her son,) yea, she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and dying do not cause him to die. And this one said, Let it be neither yours or mine, divide it.
And all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered to Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month. And all the people sat in the plaza of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the heavy rain.
And everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel were gathered to me, because of the perfidy of the exiles. And I remained stunned until the evening offering.
And My hand has made all these things, even all these things exist, a statement of Jehovah. But I will look toward this one, to the afflicted one, and to the contrite of spirit, even trembling at My Word.
The woman has grief when she bears, because her hour came, but when she bears the child, she no longer remembers the distress, because of the joy that a man was born into the world.
So, then, my beloved, even as you always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, cultivate your salvation with fear and trembling,