Genesis 21:16
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16 Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards[a] away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
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- 21:16 Hebrew a bowshot.
Isaiah 49:15
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15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?
Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?
But even if that were possible,
I would not forget you!
Esther 8:6
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6 For how can I endure to see my people and my family slaughtered and destroyed?”
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1 Kings 3:26
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26 Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out, “Oh no, my lord! Give her the child—please do not kill him!”
But the other woman said, “All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”
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Luke 15:20
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20 “So he returned home to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.
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Zechariah 12:10
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10 “Then I will pour out a spirit[a] of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
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- 12:10 Or the Spirit.
1 Samuel 30:4
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4 they wept until they could weep no more.
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1 Samuel 24:16
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16 When David had finished speaking, Saul called back, “Is that really you, my son David?” Then he began to cry.
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Ruth 1:9
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9 May the Lord bless you with the security of another marriage.” Then she kissed them good-bye, and they all broke down and wept.
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Judges 2:4
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4 When the angel of the Lord finished speaking to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
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Genesis 44:34
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34 For how can I return to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see the anguish this would cause my father!”
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Genesis 29:11
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11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and he wept aloud.
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Genesis 27:38
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38 Esau pleaded, “But do you have only one blessing? Oh my father, bless me, too!” Then Esau broke down and wept.
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