Genesis 21:11

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Abraham felt very bad about it because Ishmael was his son.

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael always live under your blessing!”

Genesis 21:12

But God told Abraham, “Don't feel bad about the boy and the slave woman. Do whatever Sarah tells you, because it's through Isaac that your descendants will be counted.

2 Samuel 18:33

The king broke down. He went up to the room over the gate and cried. As he walked, he sobbed out, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I'd died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Matthew 10:37

If you love your father or mother more than me you don't deserve to be mine, and if you love your son or daughter more than me you don't deserve to be mine.

Hebrews 12:11

When it happens, all discipline seems painful and not something to be happy about. But later on it produces peace in those who have been trained in this way so that they do what is good and right.