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I caused you to multiply as that which grows in the field, and you increased and grew great, and you attained to excellent beauty. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you were naked and bare.
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Verse 7. Woman’s. Hebrew “the ornament of ornaments;” hadaiim instead of harim in Septuagint “the city of cities,” ( Calmet.) or the highest glory, being arrived at that age when decorations are most sought after.—Fashioned. Lit. “swelling.” Septuagint “erect.” Bible.—Hair, (pilus.) Women are allowed by canon law to marry at twelve. Calmet.
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