Genesis 21:16
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21:16Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot30 away; for she thought,31 “I refuse to watch the child die.”32 So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.33
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- 30 A bowshot would be a distance of about a hundred yards (ninety meters).
- 31 Heb “said.”
- 32 Heb “I will not look on the death of the child.” The cohortative verbal form (note the negative particle אַל, ’al) here expresses her resolve to avoid the stated action.
- 33 Heb “and she lifted up her voice and wept” (that is, she wept uncontrollably). The reads “he” (referring to Ishmael) rather than “she” (referring to Hagar), but this is probably an attempt to harmonize this verse with the following one, which refers to the boy’s cries.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
and went and sat at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I can’t bear to watch the boy die!” While she sat at a distance, she wept loudly.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Then she went and sat down by herself about a hundred yards away. “I don’t want to watch the boy die,” she said, as she burst into tears.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And she went and she sat opposite him, at a distance, a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the child’s death.” So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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