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Then Abram said, "O Yahweh, my Lord, what will you give me? {I continue to be} childless, and {my heir} is Eliezer of Damascus."
There was a certain man from Zorah, from the tribe of the Danites, and his name [was] Manoah; his wife [was] infertile and did not bear children.
He had two wives; the name of the first [was] Hannah, and the name of the second [was] Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
Then he said, "What may be done for her?" Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son, and her husband is old."
And {they did not have} a child, because Elizabeth was barren. And they were both advanced {in years}.
Now there were seven brothers, and the first took a wife [and] died childless,
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Then Cain said to his brother Abel, ["Let us go out into the field."] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
When Jehoram ascended to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself and murdered all his brothers with the sword, and even some of the princes of Israel.
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and he killed his brothers, the sons of Jerub-Baal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerub-Baal survived, because he hid himself.
Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "Please watch. At the moment the heart of Amnon [is] {tipsy} with wine, then I shall say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' and you shall kill him! Don't be afraid. [Is] it not I myself who has commanded you? Be courageous and be {valiant!}
King Solomon sent through the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, so he struck him, and he died.
"And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] children, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death,
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and they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious; {he does not obey us}, [and] he is a glutton and a drunkard.'
Absalom did like this to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole the hearts of the people of Israel.
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(Now her rival wife would provoke her severely in order to upset her because Yahweh had closed her womb.) And so he used to do year after year; {whenever} she went up to the house of Yahweh, she would provoke her so that she would weep and would not eat.
When Rachel saw that she could not bear children to Jacob, Rachel envied her sister. And she said to Jacob, "Give me children--if not, I will die!"
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Slothfulness
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
He who makes trouble for his house [is] he who is greedy for unjust gain, but he who hates bribes will live.
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Please do not let my lord set his heart against {this worthless man}, Nabal; for as his name, so [is] he. Nabal [is] his name, and stupidity [is] with him! But I, your female servant, did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
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Better to live in a land of wilderness than [with] a wife of quarrels and provocation.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Envy
And his brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the matter [in mind].
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » Hatred
Then Esau held a grudge against Jacob on account of the blessing with which his father had blessed him. And Esau said in his heart, "The days of mourning for my father are coming, then I will kill Jacob my brother."