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Genesis 21:16 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Genesis 21:16 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Genesis chapter 21 verse 16 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Genesis 21:16 (KJV)
Commentary on 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, ... This passage is part of the Abrahamic narratives which shift from universal human history to God's particular covenant people. The Abraham cycle (Genesis 12-25) demonstrates God's sovereign election, covenant faithfulness, and the development of faith through testing and promise fulfillment.Central themes include God's unconditional covenant promises (land, descendants, blessing to nations), the call to faith and obedience, the testing of faith through delays and impossibilities, the contras...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Genesis 21:16
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“that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes”
“each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them”
“when the angel of Yahweh spoke these words to all the children of Israel”
“when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul”
“πῶς γὰρ δυνήσομαι ἰδεῖν τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου καὶ πῶς δυνήσομαι σωθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ τῆς πατρίδος μου”
“until they had no more power to weep.”
“for her heart yearned over her son”
“and lifted up his voice”
“and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem”