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# What, my son? What is it, son of my womb? What do you want, son of my vows?
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"You should not be doing what you are doing" or "Do not do the things I am about to warn you against."
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# my son ... son of my womb ... son of my vows
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The speaker wants the hearer to notice carefully and to respect the one who is talking to him.
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# son of my womb
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It is best to use a polite term for the body part in which babies grow before they are born.
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# son of my vows
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The "vows" could be: the mother's marriage vows or a vow after she married that if God allowed her to have a child she would dedicate him to God. |