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Hi Everyone

I am working on a project. What are some losses of a child in the Bible? It can be through death such as David, or through other means such as Joseph being sold into slavery or the prodigal son leaving home or even having to give up their child in the case of Moses. Adult or Child. Here is what I have so far. Thanks for any input.

I know @Omegaman 3.0 and @George and @watchman would know some.

OLD TESTAMENT

 

Eve (Genesis 4:1-16)- Cain killed her son Abel

Hagar (Genesis 6:1-17) Forced surrogacy, unable to keep the child

Judah (Genesis 46:12) God killed his son they were wicked

Jacob (Genesis 37::18-36) Lost his son Joseph

Yochoved (Baby Moses) (Exodus 2:-10) Had to give her child up

Passover (Exodus 13:2) God instructed that the first-born male be killed

Aaron (Leviticus 10) His sons Abihu and Nadab

Naomi (Ruth 1:3-18) Lost both of her sons

Eli (1 Samuel 4) Hophni & Phineas

Samuel (Samuel 9) Lost his sons Abijah and Joel

David (2 Samuel 12:14-31) His son died, and David lamented.

David- Absolem (2 Samuel 18) His other son died as well

Rizpah- (2 Samuel 21:14) Concunbine of Saul, witnessed her two sons executed

Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28) Rolled over on the baby

Solomon (1 Kings 3:16-28) Threatened to cut the baby in half

Shunamite’s Son (2 Kings 4:20-37) Her son died

Job (Job 1:13-22) Job lost his family (including his kids)

Bethel (Hosea 10:14-15) Told if she had children God would kill them

 

 

NEW TESTAMENT

Birth of Jesus (Matthew 2:16) First-born ordered to be killed by Herod.

Death of Jesus (Matthew 27:32-56) Mary’s son died

Jairus’s Daughter (Luke 8:43-48) He grieved her loss, but she rose again

Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) The father lost his son

 

 

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2Ki 6:28  And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
2Ki 6:29  So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son

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Being Eaten by your parents, is another way IN THE BIBLE.

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How about baby Moses, does that count? She lost him by setting him in the river in a basket, but she was not separated from him,, just lost the custody and status of being "mom"?

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5 hours ago, Rosenberg57 said:

Being Eaten by your parents, is another way IN THE BIBLE.

How cud people became cannibals n eat their own children?

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12 hours ago, Omegaman 3.0 said:

How about baby Moses, does that count? She lost him by setting him in the river in a basket, but she was not separated from him,, just lost the custody and status of being "mom"?

I have added it to the list. She did give him up and she would have dealt with that loss and grief I am sure.

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I know this will sound strange, or hard to accept, ...but are those you have listed really lost?

Are they really lost, ...not to be "found" again, ...or have they just been "removed" to a different place?

 

I believe the Bible teaches that children, who die before they have reached the age of accountability, ...go directly to be with Jesus.

 

Yes, when we lose a child to death, it's very painful, ...I don't deny that, but, ...it's "painful" because Adam was created in the image and likeness of God and God, ...and he wasn't "created" to die, ...God didn't "program" into Adam and all of his descendants a "file" that we can put death into and file it away, ...out of sight, out of mind, "forget" about it so to speak.

However, ...anticipating our grief over the loss of our precious child, ...He has provided us a chance of a reunion, ...for a born again parent, ...that "reunion" is for certain,

...for an unregenerated person, ...maybe Father allowed that "death" so they would come to Him for Salvation and they would be reunited with their child. 

I was taught by my pastor that when someone we love dies, ...we don't ask the question "why," but rather "who" and when we focus on Jesus He gives us His Peace that goes way beyond our human understanding and intellect, ...and His Peace fills the "void" of that missing "file" that wasn't "programmed" into us.

Lord bless

 

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On 6/9/2020 at 12:57 AM, R. Hartono said:

How cud people became cannibals n eat their own children?

It is in the Bible.

 

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On 6/8/2020 at 8:38 PM, Omegaman 3.0 said:

How about baby Moses, does that count? She lost him by setting him in the river in a basket, but she was not separated from him,, just lost the custody and status of being "mom"?

Moses own Mother was Hired to be Milk Maid to Moses.

She must have moved to the Palace, she was the Milk Nanny for Moses.

Who Nursed Moses?

His own Mother who was Hired to be the Milk Nurse.

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