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Genesis 21:16

WEB

16She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

KJV

16And 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 she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

BSB

16Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

FBV

16She went and sat down some way off, a few hundred yards away,[+] saying, “I can't bear to watch my son die!” As she sat down she burst into tears.

Related Resources

Book of Genesis Summary: A Complete Animated Overview (Part 2) - BibleProject

Extra References

Isaiah 49:15

15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!

Genesis 29:11

11Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.

1 Kings 3:26

26Then the woman whose the living child was spoke to the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, “Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no way kill him!” But the other said, “He shall be neither mine nor yours. Divide him.”

1 Samuel 24:16

16It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

Ruth 1:9

9May the 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 voices, and wept.

1 Samuel 30:4

4Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.

Esther 8:6

6For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

Judges 2:4

4When the LORD’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice and wept.

Luke 15:20

20“He arose and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran, fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Zechariah 12:10

10I will pour on David’s house and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication. They will look to me[+] 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.