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Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said to God,“ Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”
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Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
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2 Samuel 18 33
Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus:“ O my son Absalom— my son, my son Absalom— if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!”
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Genesis 22:1-2
Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him,“ Abraham!” And he said,“ Here I am.”Then He said,“ Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.”
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Matthew 10:37
He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.