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1 Kings 3:20

Sin

18 On the third day after I gave birth, this woman also had a baby. We were alone, with no one in the house but the two of us.

19 During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

21 The next morning, when I got up to nurse my son, I discovered he was dead. But when I examined him, I realized that he was not the son I had borne.”

22 “No,” said the other woman, “the living one is my son and the dead one is your son.” But the first woman insisted, “No, the dead one is yours and the living one is mine.” So they argued before the king.

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BSB
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.
KJV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
WEB
She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
ASV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
DARBY
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thy handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.
BLB
And she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from my side—and your maidservant slept—and laid him in her bosom, and her dead child she laid in my bosom.
ÅB
og hun sto opp midt om natten og tok min sønn fra min side, mens din tjenerinne sov, og hun la ham ved sin barm, og sin egen sønn som var død, la hun ved min barm.
OTB
Så sto hun opp midt på natten og tok min sønn fra siden av meg mens din tjener sov, og la ham i sine armer, og la sin døde sønn i mine armer.
B1930
og hun stod op midt om natten og tok min sønn fra min side, mens din tjenerinne sov, og hun la ham ved sin barm, og sin egen sønn som var død, la hun ved min barm.

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