9 But that which keeps and that which is kept will both be kept by your keeping. When the womb gives up again what has grown in it, (WEB) 10 you have commanded that out of the parts of the body, that is to say, out of the breasts, be given milk, which is the fruit of the breasts, (WEB) 11 that the body that is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterwards you guide it in your mercy. (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:9–11
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