Genesis 21:16
And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and the child lifted up its voice, and wept.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
15And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Cross References
Genesis 27:38And Esau said to his father, Have thou but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 44:34For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? Lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.
Ruth 1:9LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.
1 Samuel 30:4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
Esther 8:6For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only
Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:15-22
God's Mercy to Hagar and Ishmael. ( b. c. 1892.) 14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And… Read the whole commentary →