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Did he not make you one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? Why one? He sought godly offspring. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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Verse 15. His spirit. Eve received a soul from God, like Adam. Hebrew “One (Abraham, Chal. styled one, Ezekiel 33:24) did it not, and he had the,” and so forth Septuagint vary. The text is very obscure. Calmet. See Cap. Crit. iv. p. 317. Grabe prol.—A strange god did not make women. The human race is best propagated, where polygamy and divorces are rejected. Bible.
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