


Genesis 21:16
Bible Versions
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 she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.
And she went {H3212}, and sat her down {H3427} over against {H5048} him a good way off {H7368}, as it were a bowshot {H2909}{H7198}: for she said {H559}, Let me not see {H7200} the death {H4194} of the child {H3206}. And she sat {H3427} over against him, and lift up {H5375} her voice {H6963}, and wept {H1058}.
and went and sat down, looking the other way, about a bow-shot's distance from him; because she said, "I can't bear to watch my child die." So she sat there, looking the other way, crying out and weeping.
Then 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.
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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
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