Genesis 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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And God heard the voice of the lad,.... By which it appears that he cried also; but whether it was in prayer to God, or…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 21:1-34
- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 21:14-21
Here is, I. The casting out of the bond-woman, and her son from the family of Abraham, Gen 21:14. Abraham's obedience to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
as it were a bowshot LXX ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν, Lat. quantum potest arcus jacere.
The child's strength had given out before…
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