Genesis 21:16

New English Translation

Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.

Cross References

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.

Genesis 27:38

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!” Then Esau wept loudly.

Genesis 29:11

Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly.

Genesis 44:34

For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s pain.”

1 Kings 17:12

She said, “As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I’m going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation.”

1 Kings 3:26

The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, “My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!”

Esther 8:6

For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”

Isaiah 49:15

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

Jeremiah 6:26

So I said, “Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

Luke 15:20

So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him.

Judges 2:4

When the Lord’s messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!” Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly.

1 Samuel 24:16

When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more.