Genesis 21:11

New American Standard Bible 2020

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son Ishmael.

Cross References

Genesis 17:18

And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!”

Genesis 21:12

But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed because of the boy and your slave woman; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.

2 Samuel 18:33

Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And this is what he said as he walked: “My son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

Matthew 10:37

“The one who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and the one who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me.

Hebrews 12:11

For the moment, all discipline seems not to be pleasant, but painful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.