Then she went and sat down at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot watch the boy die.” She sat there at a distance, and she lifted up her voice and wept.
In context
14Abraham rose early the next morning, took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, placing them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She left and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. 15When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. 16Then she went and sat down at a distance, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot watch the boy die.” She sat there at a distance, and she lifted up her voice and wept. 17God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven. “What troubles you, Hagar?” he said. “Do not be afraid — God has heard the voice of the boy, right where he is. 18Get up, lift the boy up, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
