Genesis 21:16

New International Reader's Version

Then she sat down about as far away as a person can shoot an arrow. She thought, “I can’t stand to watch the boy die.” As she sat there, she began to sob.

Cross References

Genesis 21:15

When the water in the bottle was gone, she put the boy under a bush.

Genesis 27:38

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

Genesis 29:11

Jacob kissed Rachel. Then he began to cry because he was so happy.

Genesis 44:34

How can I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? No! Don’t let me see the pain and suffering that would come to my father.”

1 Kings 17:12

“I don’t have any bread,” she replied. “And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive. All I have is a small amount of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I’m gathering a few sticks to take home. I’ll make one last meal for myself and my son. We’ll eat it. After that, we’ll die.”

1 Kings 3:26

The woman whose son was alive was filled with deep love for her son. She said to the king, “My master, please give her the living baby! Don’t kill him!” But the other woman said, “Neither one of us will have him. Cut him in two!”

Esther 8:6

I couldn’t stand by and see the horrible trouble that would fall on my people! I couldn’t stand to see my family destroyed!”

Isaiah 49:15

The Lord answers, “Can a mother forget the baby who is nursing at her breast? Can she stop having tender love for the child who was born to her? She might forget her child. But I will not forget you.

Jeremiah 6:26

My people, put on the clothes of sadness. Roll among the ashes. Mourn with bitter weeping just as you would mourn for an only son. The one who is going to destroy us will come suddenly.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your holy feasts into times for mourning. I will turn all your songs into weeping. You will have to wear the clothing of sadness. You will shave your heads. I will make you mourn as if your only son had died. The end of that time will be like a bitter day.”

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son.

Luke 15:20

So he got up and went to his father. “While the son was still a long way off, his father saw him. He was filled with tender love for his son. He ran to him. He threw his arms around him and kissed him.

Judges 2:4

The angel of the Lord spoke these things to all the Israelites. Then the people wept out loud.

Ruth 1:9

May the Lord help each of you find rest in the home of another husband.” Then she kissed them goodbye. They broke down and wept loudly.

1 Samuel 24:16

When David finished speaking, Saul asked him a question. He said, “My son David, is that your voice?” And Saul wept out loud.

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and his men began to weep out loud. They wept until they couldn’t weep anymore.