¹⁶ And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

³⁸ And Esau said to his father, Is that the only blessing you have, my father? give a blessing to me, even me! And Esau was overcome with weeping.

¹⁰ And I will send down on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of prayer; and their eyes will be turned to the one who was wounded by their hands: and they will be weeping for him as for an only son, and their grief for him will be bitter, like the grief of one sorrowing for his oldest son.

¹⁵ Will a woman give up the child at her breast, will she be without pity for the fruit of her body? yes, these may, but I will not let you go out of my memory.

⁶ For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

²⁶ Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.

⁴ Then David and the people who were with him gave themselves up to weeping till they were able to go on weeping no longer.

¹⁶ So let the Lord be judge, and give a decision between me and you, and see and give support to my cause, and keep me from falling into your hands.

⁹ May the Lord give you rest in the houses of your husbands. Then she gave them a kiss; and they were weeping bitterly.

⁴ Now on hearing these words which the angel of the Lord said to all the children of Israel, the people gave themselves up to loud crying and weeping.

³⁴ For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

¹¹ And weeping for joy, Jacob gave Rachel a kiss.

²⁰ And he got up and went to his father. But while he was still far away, his father saw him and was moved with pity for him and went quickly and took him in his arms and gave him a kiss.