4 Maccabees 18:8
Source: Septuagint
8No destroyer of the desert, or ravisher of the plain, injured me; nor did the destructive, deceitful, snake, make spoil of my chaste virginity; and I remained with my husband during the period of my prime.
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6then, departing from Jerusalem, he made war against the Persians.
7And the righteous mother of the seven children spoke also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father’s house; but I took care of the built-up rib.
— 4 Maccabees 18:8 —
9And these my children, having arrived at maturity, their father died: blessed was he! for having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.
10And he used to teach you, when yet with you, the law and the prophets.