Genesis 29:31
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Jacob's Children
31 When the Lord saw that Leah was (A)hated, (B)he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
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Matthew 10:37
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37 (A)Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever 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 (A)Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. (B)And the boy Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
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Psalm 127:3
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1 Samuel 1:5
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5 But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.[a]
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- 1 Samuel 1:5 Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Septuagint And, although he loved Hannah, he would give Hannah only one portion, because the Lord had closed her womb
Judges 13:2-3
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2 There was a certain man of (A)Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. (B)And his wife was barren and had no children. 3 (C)And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.
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Deuteronomy 21:15
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Inheritance Rights of the Firstborn
15 “If a man has two wives, (A)the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him children, and if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved,[a]
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- Deuteronomy 21:15 Or hated; also verses 16, 17
Exodus 3:7
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7 Then the Lord said, (A)“I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their (B)taskmasters. I know their sufferings,
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Genesis 30:1-2
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30 When Rachel saw that (A)she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!” 2 Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, “Am I in the place of God, (B)who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?”
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Genesis 29:30
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30 So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served Laban (A)for another seven years.
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Genesis 20:18-21:2
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18 For the Lord (A)had closed all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
The Birth of Isaac
21 The Lord (B)visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah (C)as he had promised. 2 And Sarah (D)conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age (E)at the time of which God had spoken to him.
John 12:25
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25 (A)Whoever loves his life loses it, and (B)whoever (C)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 and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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