Religion
Genesis 30:1: Give me children, or else I die
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
She could not live, she could not rest
Content, if children were denied:
And lo! indulged in her request,
She bore her second son, and died!
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Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 30:1: Give me children, or else I die.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2459/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 30:1: Give me children, or else I die.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2459/.
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