“He went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. He stretched himself on him; and the child’s flesh grew warm.”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.