Genesis 29:31
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The Children of Jacob
31 When the Lord (A)saw that Leah was [a]unloved, He (B)opened her womb; but Rachel was barren.
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- Genesis 29:31 Lit. hated
Matthew 10:37
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37 (A)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.
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1 Samuel 2:21
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21 And the Lord (A)visited[a] Hannah, so that she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile the child Samuel (B)grew before the Lord.
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- 1 Samuel 2:21 attended to
Psalm 127:3
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1 Samuel 1:5
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5 But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, (A)although the Lord had closed her womb.
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Judges 13:2-3
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2 Now there was a certain man from (A)Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. 3 And the (B)Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.
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Deuteronomy 21:15
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Firstborn Inheritance Rights
15 “If a man has two wives, one loved (A)and the other unloved, and they have borne him children, both the loved and the unloved, and if the firstborn son is of her who is unloved,
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Exodus 3:7
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7 And the Lord said: (A)“I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry (B)because of their taskmasters, (C)for I know their [a]sorrows.
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- Exodus 3:7 pain
Genesis 30:1-2
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Jacob’s Children
30 Now when Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, Rachel (B)envied her sister, and said to Jacob, “Give me children, (C)or else I die!”
2 And Jacob’s anger was aroused against Rachel, and he said, (D)“Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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Genesis 29:30
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30 Then Jacob also went in to Rachel, and he also (A)loved Rachel more than Leah. And he served with Laban (B)still another seven years.
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Genesis 20:18-21:2
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18 for the Lord (A)had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Isaac Is Born(B)
21 And the Lord (C)visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for Sarah (D)as He had spoken. 2 For Sarah (E)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, (F)at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
John 12:25
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25 (A)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
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Luke 14:26
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to Me (B)and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple.
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Luke 1:7
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7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.
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Genesis 30:22
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22 Then God (A)remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and (B)opened her womb.
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Genesis 27:41
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Jacob Escapes from Esau
41 So Esau (A)hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him, and Esau said in his heart, (B)“The days of mourning for my father [a]are at hand; (C)then I will kill my brother Jacob.”
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- Genesis 27:41 are soon here
Malachi 1:3
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3 But Esau I have hated,
And (A)laid waste his mountains and his heritage
For the jackals of the wilderness.”
Genesis 25:21
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21 Now Isaac pleaded with the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; (A)and the Lord granted his plea, (B)and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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Matthew 6:24
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You Cannot Serve God and Riches
24 (A)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (B)You cannot serve God and [a]mammon.
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- Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
1 Samuel 1:27
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27 (A)For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him.
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1 Samuel 1:20
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20 So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name [a]Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”
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- 1 Samuel 1:20 Lit. Heard by God
Genesis 16:1
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Hagar and Ishmael
16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, (A)had borne him no children. And she had (B)an Egyptian maidservant whose name was (C)Hagar.
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