Genesis 21:16
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
קוֹל
Voice, sound, thunder. Qowl. A voice of one calling in the desert. God speaks in many ways. The voice that matters most is the one that points to Jesus.
קֶשֶׁת
a bow
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קֶשֶׁת
Bow, rainbow. Qesheth. I set my bow in the cloud as a sign of the covenant. The warrior's bow laid down. God promises never to destroy the earth again.
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רָחַק
at a distance
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רָחַק
to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation)
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רָאָה
I look
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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