<p class="poetry">From whose womb does the ice emerge,p> <p class="poetry">and the frost from the sky,<n id="1" /> who gives birth to it,p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When humankind<n id="1" /> began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born<n id="2" /> to them,<n id="3" />

His sixth son was Ithream, born to David&#8217;s wife Eglah. These sons<n id="1" /> were all born to David in Hebron.p>

These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed<n id="1" /> by David and his soldiers.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Who prepares prey for the raven,p> <p class="poetry">when its young cry out to Godp> <p class="poetry">and wander about<n id="1" /> for lack of food?p>

<p class="poetry">Even before the mountains came into existence,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">or you brought the world into being,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you were the eternal God.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">They have committed treason<n id="1" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">because they bore illegitimate children.p> <p class="poetry">Soon<n id="2" /> the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.p>

and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.p>

Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation.<n id="1" /> He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will not work in vain,p> <p class="poetry">or give birth to children that will experience disaster.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> will bless their childrenp> <p class="poetry">and their descendants.<n id="2" />p>

For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me,<n id="1" /> they have passed through the fire as food to their idols.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs;p> <p class="poetry">under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth,p> <p class="poetry">in its shade all the great<n id="1" /> nations lived.p>

<p class="bodytext">Laban replied<n id="1" /> to Jacob, &#8220;These women<n id="2" /> are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren,<n id="3" /> and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today<n id="4" /> or the children to whom they have given birth?