PARENTS. Covenant benefits of, entailed on children, Gen. 6:18; Ex. 20:6; Psa. 103:17. Curses entailed, Ex. 20:5; Lev. 20:5; Isa. 14:20; Jer. 9:14; Lam. 5:7; Ezek. 16:44,45. Involved in children's wickedness, 1 Sam. 2:27-36; 4:10-22. Partiality of: Isaac for Esau, Gen. 25:28; Rebekah for Jacob, Gen. 25:28; 27:6-17; Jacob for Joseph, Gen. 33:2; 37:3; 48:22; for Benjamin, Gen. 42:4. See Partiality. Parental affection exemplified: By Hagar, Gen. 21:15,16; Rebekah's mother, Gen. 24:55; Isaac and Rebekah, Gen. 25:28; Isaac, Gen. 27:26,27; Laban, Gen. 31:26-28; Jacob, Gen. 37:3,4; 42:4,38; 43:13,14; 45:26-28; 48:10,11; Moses's mother, Ex. 2; Naomi, Ruth 1:8,9; Hannah, 1 Sam. 2:19; David, 2 Sam. 12:18-23; 13:38,39; 14:1,33; 18:5,12,13,33; 19:1-6; Rizpah, 2 Sam. 21:10; the mother of the infant brought to Solomon by the harlots, 1 Kin. 3:22-28; Mary, Matt. 12:46; Luke 2:48; John 2:5; 19:25; Jairus, Mark 5:23; father of demoniac, Mark 9:24; nobleman, John 4:49. Indulgent: Eli, 1 Sam. 2:27-36; 3:13,14; David, 1 Kin. 1:6. Paternal blessings: Of Noah, Gen. 9:24-27; Abraham, Gen. 17:18; Isaac, Gen. 27:10-40; 28:3,4; Jacob, Gen. 48:15-20; 49:1-28. Prayers in behalf of children: Of Hannah, 1 Sam. 1:27; David, 2 Sam. 7:25-29; 1 Chr. 17:16-27; 2 Sam. 12:16; 1 Chr. 22:12; 29:19; Job, Job 1:5. Paternal reproaches, Gen. 9:24,25; 49:3-7.

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