Genesis 17:18
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And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
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And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
All chastening seemeth for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yieldeth peaceable fruit unto them that have been exercised thereby, [even the fruit] of righteousness.