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4 I multiplied my servants; I built myself houses; I planted vineyards for myself: 5 I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them trees of all kinds of fruit; 6 I made myself pools of water, to irrigate the nursery that produces trees. 7 I got for myself menservants and maidservants, and had a great household; also I had great possessions of cattle and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem. 8 I gathered for myself silver and gold and the possessions of kings and cities; I got me men singers and women singers and the delights of the sons of men, and I appointed for myself butlers and waitresses. 9 So I became great, and my wealth increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. 10 And whatsoever my eyes desired I did not keep from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my portion of all my labor. Ecclesiastes 2:4-10, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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