Gen.21.16

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Gen.21.16

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.

Gen.21.16

and went off, fifty yards or so. She said, "I can't watch my son die." As she sat, she broke into sobs.

Gen.21.16

Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there nearby, she began to sob.

Gen.21.16

Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said to herself, "Let me not see the death of the boy." So she sat opposite him, and lifted her voice and wept.

Gen.21.16

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.