Genesis 21:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Abraham was greatly distressed because it concerned a son of his.

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael could live in your favor!”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham: Do not be distressed about the boy or about your slave woman. Obey Sarah, no matter what she asks of you; for it is through Isaac that descendants will bear your name.

Matthew 10:37

“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;

Hebrews 12:11

At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it.