11 Nor, should I die, will I have a son to bury me.” But with such a lament as this, the holy and God-fearing mother wept for none of them. (WEB)
4 Maccabees 16:11
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4 Maccabees 16:5–7
5 For we must consider also this: that, had the woman been faint hearted, as being their mother, she would have lamented over them, and perhaps might have spoken thus: (WEB) 6 “Ah! I am wretched and many times miserable, who having born seven sons, have become the mothe… (WEB)
2 Esdras 10:11–13
11 Who then should mourn more, she who has lost so great a multitude, or you, who are grieved but for one? (WEB) 12 But if you say to me, ‘My lamentation is not like the earth’s, for I have lost the fruit of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows… (WEB)
Tobit 3:8–10
8 because that she had been given to seven husbands, and Asmodaeus the evil spirit killed them, before they had lain with her. And they said to her, “Do you not know that you strangle your husbands? You have had already seven husbands, and you haven’t borne the… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 15:17–19
17 O you only woman who have produced perfect holiness! (WEB) 18 Your firstborn, expiring, didn’t turn you, nor the second, looking miserable in his torments, nor the third, breathing out his soul. (WEB) 19 You didn’t weep when you saw each of their eyes looking sternly at their to… (WEB)
2 Esdras 2:1–3
1 The Lord says, “I brought this people out of bondage. I gave them my commandments by my servants the prophets, whom they would not listen to, but made my counsels void. (WEB) 2 The mother who bore them says to them, ‘Go your way, my children, for I am a widow and fors… (WEB)
Testament of Zebulun 2:35–37
35 And ye shall be cast away by Him unto the time of consummation. (T12) 36 And now, my children, grieve not that I am dying, nor be cast down in that I am coming to my end. (T12) 37 For I shall rise again in the midst of you, as a ruler in the midst of his sons; and I shall rejoic… (T12)
Tobit 6:13–15
13 Then the young man said to the angel, “Brother Azarias, I have heard that this maid has been given to seven men, and that they all perished in the bride-chamber. (WEB) 14 Now I am the only son of my father, and I am afraid, lest I go in and die, even as those before me… (WEB)
2 Baruch 10:15–17
15 For why should they bear in pain, Only to bury in grief? (2BA) 16 Or why, again, should mankind have sons? Or why should the seed of their kind again be named, Where this mother is desolate, And her sons are led into captivity? (2BA) 17 From this time forward speak not of beauty… (2BA)
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