Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

Probably, the pious Patriarch, made it a subject of prayer. Reader! may grace enable us, in all our trials to do the same.

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¹¹ And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

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