Verse 16
Genesis 21:16
World English Bible, British Edition
16
She 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תֵּלֶךְ֩ וַ/תֵּ֨שֶׁב לָ֜/הּ מִ/נֶּ֗גֶד הַרְחֵק֙ כִּ/מְטַחֲוֵ֣י קֶ֔שֶׁת כִּ֣י אָֽמְרָ֔ה אַל אֶרְאֶ֖ה בְּ/מ֣וֹת הַ/יָּ֑לֶד וַ/תֵּ֣שֶׁב מִ/נֶּ֔גֶד וַ/תִּשָּׂ֥א אֶת קֹלָ֖/הּ וַ/תֵּֽבְךְּ
English Translation
And she went and sat opposite him at a distance, as far as a bowshot, for she said, "Let me not see the death of the child." And she sat opposite and lifted her voice and wept.
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Chapter 21 Context
1
The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had
spoken.
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2
Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time
of which God (Elohim) had sp...
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3
Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.
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4
Abraham circumcised his son, Isaac, when he was eight days old, as God (Elohim)
had commanded him.
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5
Abraham was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac, was born to him.
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6
Sarah said, “God (Elohim) has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with
me.”
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7
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children?
For I have borne him a so...
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8
The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the
day that Isaac was weaned.
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9
Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham,
mocking.
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10
Therefore she said to Abraham, “Cast out this servant and her son!
For the son of this servant will...
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11
The thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight on account of
his son.
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12
God (Elohim) said to Abraham, “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because
of the boy, and becaus...
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13
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is
your child.”
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14
Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a container
of water, and gave it to Hagar,...
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15
The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one
of the shrubs.
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16
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot
away. For she said, “Don’t let...
17
God (Elohim) heard the voice of the boy.
The angel of God (Elohim) called to Hagar out of the sky, a...
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18
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make
him a great nation.”
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19
God (Elohim) opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went,
filled the container with water...
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20
God (Elohim) was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness,
and as he grew up, he became...
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21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him
out of the land of Egypt.
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22
At that time, Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke
to Abraham, saying, “God (Elohim) i...
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23
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God (Elohim) that you will not deal falsely
with me, nor with my...
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24
Abraham said, “I will swear.”
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25
Abraham complained to Abimelech because of a water well, which Abimelech’s
servants had violently ta...
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26
Abimelech said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell
me, and I didn’t hear of it u...
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27
Abraham took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech. Those
two made a covenant.
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28
Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
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29
Abimelech said to Abraham, “What do these seven ewe lambs, which you
have set by themselves, mean?”
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30
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand,
that it may be a witness to me, that I...
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31
Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore an
oath there.
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32
So they made a covenant at Beersheba. Abimelech rose up with Phicol,
the captain of his army, and th...
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33
Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called on
the name of the LORD, the Everl...
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34
Abraham lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines many days.
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