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יאבד יום, יען שחריצת משפט הילד הנולד תלוי לפי מזל ומצב הכוכבים בליל ההריון וביום הלידה, לכן קלל את היום שהיה מוכן להולד בו, ואת הלילה שאמר וגזר את הריונו: Convinced that the shattering series of catastrophes that had befallen him was totally unwarranted and that, as such, it could not have originated with God, for that would imply an imperfection in His Governance, Job attributes its occurrence to the bad luck of his birth, namely, to his horoscope. In which case, it would have been better had he never been conceived or born.