Genesis 21:16
And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
15And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
Cross References
Genesis 27:38And Esau said to his father, Hast thou only one blessing, father? Bless, I pray thee, me also, father. And + 27:38 Heb. — Isaac being troubled.Isaac being troubled, Esau cried aloud and wept.
Genesis 44:34For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befal my father.
Ruth 1:9The Lord grant you that ye may find rest each of you in the house of her husband: and she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
1 Samuel 30:4And David and his men lifted up their voice, and wept till there was no longer any power within them to weep.
Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and + 12:10 John 19. 37. they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a first-born son.
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 →