Dom Casmurro 148.3 · 148.3

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Jesus filho de Sirach se soubesse dos meus primeiros ciúmes, dir me ia, como no seu cap. IX, vers. I: Não tenhas ciúmes de tua mulher para que ela não se meta a enganar-te com a malícia que aprender de ti ".

Jesus, son of Sirach, if he knew of my first jealousies, would say to me, as in his chapter 9, verse 1: 'Do not have jealousy of your wife so that she does not set to deceive you with the malice that she learns from you.'

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The narrator imagines what Jesus, son of Sirach, would say about his jealousy.

A note on this passage

The narrator imagines that the biblical figure Jesus, son of Sirach, would warn him against jealousy, quoting a verse that advises not to be jealous of one's wife to prevent her from learning deceit.

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