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Numbers 5:22Num.5.22

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

KJV

Hebrew original

וּ֠/בָאוּ הַ/מַּ֨יִם הַ/מְאָרְרִ֤ים הָ/אֵ֨לֶּה֙ בְּֽ/מֵעַ֔יִ/ךְ לַ/צְבּ֥וֹת בֶּ֖טֶן וְ/לַ/נְפִּ֣ל יָרֵ֑ךְ וְ/אָמְרָ֥ה הָ/אִשָּׁ֖ה אָמֵ֥ן אָמֵֽן

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

et que ces eaux qui apportent la malédiction entrent dans tes entrailles pour te faire enfler le ventre et dessécher la cuisse! Et la femme dira: Amen! Amen!

KJV

And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make [thy] belly to swell, and [thy] thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.

Patristic reading

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    Summa Theologica

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