Genesis 21:16
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Do not let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Cross References
Genesis 27:38Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 44:34For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn't with me?-lest I see the evil that will come on my father."
Ruth 1:9The Lord grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband."Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice, 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 disaster that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"
Zechariah 12:10I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
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 →