Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,

And call no one your ‘father’ on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.

So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

For this reason I kneel before the Father,

For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.’

He said to his father, “My head! My head!” His father told a servant, “Carry him to his mother.”

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah),

So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father – send Lazarus to my father’s house

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites,

Canaan was the father of Sidon – his firstborn – and Heth,

Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.