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16 Like a terebinth I spread out my branches,
    and my branches are glorious and graceful.
17 Like a vine I caused loveliness to bud,
    and my blossoms became glorious and abundant fruit.[a]

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  1. Sirach 24:17 Other authorities add 18 I am the mother of beautiful love, of fear, of knowledge, and of holy hope; being eternal, I therefore am given to all my children, to those who are named by him.

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