4 Maccabees 13:22

²⁰In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,

²¹and having been brought forth at equal intervals, and having sucked milk from the same fountains, hence their brotherly souls are reared up lovingly together;

— 4 Maccabees 13:22 —

²³Brotherly love being thus sympathetically constituted, the seven brethren had a more sympathetic mutual harmony.

²⁴For being educated in the same law, and practicing the same virtues, and reared up in a just course of life, they increased this harmony with each other.