Parallel GEN 21:16

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BSB Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.[fn]

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OEB and went a short distance away and sat down and said, ‘Let me not see the death of the child.’ So she sat there and wept.

WEB She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

NET Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, “I refuse to watch the child die.” So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably.

LSV And she goes and sits by herself opposite [him], far off, about a bow-shot, for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the boy”; and she sits opposite [him], and lifts up her voice, and weeps.

FBV She went and sat down some way off, a few hundred yards away,[fn] saying, “I can't bear to watch my son die!” As she sat down she burst into tears.

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T4T Then she went and sat nearby, about ◄as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away►, because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry loudly [MTY].

LEB And she went and she sat a good distance away,[fn] for she said, “Let me not see the child’s death.” So she sat away from him and lifted up her voice and wept.

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BBE And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

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JPS And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow-shot; for she said: 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.' And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

ASV 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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

DRA And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.

YLT And she goeth and sitteth by herself over-against, afar off, about a bow-shot, for she said, 'Let me not look on the death of the lad;' and she sitteth over-against, and lifteth up her voice, and weepeth.

DBY and she went and sat down over against [him], a bow-shot off; for she said, Let me not behold the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lifted up her voice and wept.

RV 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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

WBS And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and raised her voice, and wept.

KJB 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.
  (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. )

BB And went, and sate on the other syde a great way, as it were a bowe shote of: for she sayd, I wyll not see the death of the chylde. And she sitting downe on the other side, lyft vp her voyce & wept.
  (And went, and sat on the other side a great way, as it were a bow shote of: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. And she sitting down on the other side, lyft up her voice and wept.)

GNV Then she went and sate her ouer against him a farre off about a bowe shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. and she sate downe ouer against him, and lift vp her voyce and wept.
  (Then she went and sat her over against him afar offf about a bow shoote: for she said, I will not see the death of the child. and she sat down over against him, and lift up her voice and wept. )

CB and wente, and sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, a bowe shote of. For she sayde: I can not se the childe dye. And she sat hir downe ouer on ye other syde, and lifte vp hir voyce, and wepte.
  (and wente, and sat her down over on ye/you_all other syde, a bow shote of. For she said: I cannot see the childe dye. And she sat her down over on ye/you_all other syde, and lifte up her voice, and wept.)

WYC and sche yede awei, and sche sat euene ayens as fer as a bowe may caste; for sche seide, Y schal not se the child diynge; and sche sat ayens, and reiside hir vois, and wepte.
  (and she went away, and she sat euene against as far as a bow may caste; for she said, I shall not see the child diynge; and she sat against, and reiside her voice, and wept.)

LUT und ging hin und setzte sich gegenüber von ferne, eines Bogenschusses weit; denn sie sprach: Ich kann nicht zusehen des Knaben Sterben. Und sie setzte sich gegenüber und hub ihre Stimme auf und weinete.
  (and went there and sat itself/yourself/themselves gegenüber from ferne, eines Bogenschusses weit; because they/she/them spoke: I kann not zusehen the Knaben Sterben. And they/she/them sat itself/yourself/themselves gegenüber and hub ihre Stimme on and weinete.)

CLV Et abiit, seditque e regione procul quantum potest arcus jacere: dixit enim: Non videbo morientem puerum: et sedens contra, levavit vocem suam et flevit.
  (And abiit, seditque e regione procul quantum potest arcus yacere: he_said because: Non videbo morientem puerum: and sedens contra, levavit vocem his_own and flevit. )

BRN And she departed and sat down opposite him at a distance, as it were a bow-shot, for she said, Surely I cannot see the death of my child: and she sat opposite him, and the child cried aloud and wept.

BrLXX Ἀπελθοῦσα δὲ ἐκάθητο ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ μακρόθεν, ὡσεὶ τόξου βολήν· εἶπε γὰρ, οὐ μὴ ἴδω τὸν θάνατον τοῦ παιδίου μου. καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἀπέναντι αὐτοῦ· ἀναβοῆσαν δὲ τὸ παιδίον ἔκλαυσεν.
  (Apelthousa de ekathaʸto apenanti autou makrothen, hōsei toxou bolaʸn; eipe gar, ou maʸ idō ton thanaton tou paidiou mou. kai ekathisen apenanti autou; anaboaʸsan de to paidion eklausen. )