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The earliest, the deepest, and the most lasting impressions the mind receives are those which the mother imparts. The piety of Isaac may in some degree be traced to the faith and prayerfulness of Sarah (Heb. ix. 11; Gen. xvii. 15, 16; Gen. xxi. 6). The eminence of Jacob was possibly to some extent to be ascribed to the home influence and special affection of Revekah. While Esau was much engaged in the chase, Jacob was under the tuition of his mother. (Gen. xxv. 27, 28). Moses and Aaron were examples of the holy influence the eminent piety of their mother Jochebed had upon them (Exod. ii. 3; Heb. xi. 23). Though Samson is an affecting illustration of backsliding from the ways of the Lord, yet his early devotedness to the service of God was doubtlessly owing to the influence of his mother, the prayerful and believing wife of Monsan Judgea