Genesis 21:16

16 Then she went and sat down opposite * him, about a bowshot * away, for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die." And she sat opposite * him, and 1lifted up her voice and wept.

Genesis 21:16 In-Context

14 So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die." And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept.
17 God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Jeremiah 6:26; Amos 8:10

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "look upon the death of the child"
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