15 When the water in the skin was used up, she [a]left the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not [b]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and (A)raised her voice and wept. 17 God (B)heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “[c]What is the matter with you, Hagar? (C)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:15 Lit cast
  2. Genesis 21:16 Lit look at the death of the child
  3. Genesis 21:17 Lit What to you; an idiom

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