"Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?"
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And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all.
And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees.
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees.
Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?
Why did the knees meet me? and wherefore the breasts, that I should suck?
Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?
Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?
Wherefore have knees been before me? And what `are' breasts, that I suck?