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And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
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Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.
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And Sarai had no child.
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And he had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah: and Peninnah was the mother of children, but Hannah had no children.
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And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.
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So he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi made answer, Still there is this, she has no son and her husband is old.
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And they were without children, because Elisabeth had never given birth, and they were at that time very old.
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Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;
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And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.
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Now when Jehoram had taken his place over his father's kingdom, and had made his position safe, he put all his brothers to death with the sword, as well as some of the princes of Israel.
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Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and put his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, to death on the same stone; however, Jotham, the youngest, kept himself safe by going away to a secret place.
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Now Absalom had given orders to his servants, saying, Now take note when Amnon's heart is glad with wine; and when I say to you, Make an attack on Amnon, then put him to death without fear: have I not given you orders? be strong and without fear.
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And King Solomon sent Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, and he made an attack on him and put him to death.
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And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Ungrateful children
And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.
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And this Absalom did to everyone in Israel who came to the king to have his cause judged: so Absalom, like a thief, took away the hearts of the men of Israel.
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And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children; And year by year, whenever she went up to the house of the Lord, she kept on attacking her, so that Hannah gave herself up to weeping and would take no food.
Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Slothfulness
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Unworthy husbands
Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Contentious wives
It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Envy
And his brothers were full of envy; but his father kept his words in mind.
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Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
So Esau was full of hate for Jacob because of his father's blessing; and he said in his heart, The days of weeping for my father are near; then I will put my brother Jacob to death.
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