The Second Night — The Younger Daughter and Lot

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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on GenesisThe Woman's Sorrow in Conception and ChildbirthEve's sentence in the Torah is brief. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on (Genesis 3:16) weighs it. "Multiplying, I will multiply thy affliction by the blood of thy virgi

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The Second Night — The Younger Daughter and Lot

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