Genesis 21:16

God's Word

Then she went about as far away as an arrow can be shot and sat down. She said to herself, “I don’t want to watch the boy die.” So she sat down and sobbed loudly.

Cross References

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the container was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.

Genesis 27:38

Esau asked, “Do you have only one blessing, Father? Bless me too, Father!” And Esau sobbed loudly.

Genesis 29:11

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and sobbed loudly.

Genesis 44:34

How could I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s misery!”

1 Kings 17:12

She said, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord your God lives, I didn’t bake any bread. I have one handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. I’m gathering wood. I’m going to prepare something for myself and my son so that we can eat it and then die.”

1 Kings 3:26

Then the woman whose son was still alive was deeply moved by her love for the child. She said to the king, “Please, sir, give her the living child. Please don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “He won’t be mine or yours. Cut him ⌞in two⌟.”

Esther 8:6

I cannot bear to see my people suffer such evil. And I simply cannot bear to see the destruction of my relatives.”

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her nursing child? Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb? Although mothers may forget, I will not forget you.

Jeremiah 6:26

Wear sackcloth, and roll around in ashes, my people. Mourn as if you have lost your only child, and cry bitterly. The destroyer will suddenly attack us.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals and all your songs into funeral songs. I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist and shave everyone’s head. I will make that day seem like a funeral for an only child, and its end will be bitter.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out the Spirit of blessing and mercy on David’s family and on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look at me, whom they have stabbed. Then they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will cry bitterly for him as one cries for a firstborn son.

Luke 15:20

“So he went at once to his father. While he was still at a distance, his father saw him and felt sorry for him. He ran to his son, put his arms around him, and kissed him.

Judges 2:4

While the Messenger of the Lord was saying this to all the people of Israel, they began to cry loudly.

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord repay each of you so that you may find security in a home with a husband.” When she kissed them goodbye, they began to cry loudly.

1 Samuel 24:16

When David finished saying this, Saul asked, “Is that you speaking, my servant David?” and Saul cried loudly.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and his men cried loudly until they didn’t have the strength to cry anymore.