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Matthew 10:37
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
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Deuteronomy 21:15
If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the first- born son be hers that was hated;
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1 Samuel 2 21
And Jehovah visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before Jehovah.
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Psalms 127:3
Lo, children are a heritage of Jehovah; And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
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Genesis 30:22
And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.
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Genesis 30:1-2
And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
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1 Samuel 1 27
For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:
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Genesis 29:30
And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
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Exodus 3:7
And Jehovah said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
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Genesis 25:21
And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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1 Samuel 1 20
and it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of Jehovah.
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Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, bare him no children: and she had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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Malachi 1:3
but Esau I hated, and made his mountains a desolation, and gave his heritage to the jackals of the wilderness.
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Genesis 27:41
And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.
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Luke 14:26
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
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Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
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Judges 13:2-3
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
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Genesis 20:18-21:2
For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.And Jehovah visited Sarah as he had said, and Jehovah did unto Sarah as he had spoken.And Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
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John 12:25
He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
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1 Samuel 1 5
but unto Hannah he gave a double portion; for he loved Hannah, but Jehovah had shut up her womb.
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Luke 1:7
And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years.