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15 And when the water was finished from the skin, she put the child under one of the bushes. 16 And she went and she sat a good distance away,[a] for she said, “Let me not see the child’s death.” So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept. 17 And God heard the cry[b] of the boy and the angel of God called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What is the matter[c] Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the cry[d] of the boy from where he is.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:16 Literally “she sat with respect to her, opposite, far away, as the shooting of a bow”
  2. Genesis 21:17 Or “voice”
  3. Genesis 21:17 Literally “What to you”
  4. Genesis 21:17 Or “voice”
  5. Genesis 21:17 Literally “in which he is there”