Genesis 17:18
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And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.
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And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.
And the King was mooued, and went vp to the chamber ouer the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my sonne Absalom, my sonne, my sonne Absalom: woulde God I had dyed for thee, O Absalom, my sonne, my sonne.
Now no chastising for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but, grieuous: but afterwarde, it bringeth the quiet fruite of righteousnesse, vnto them which are thereby exercised.