Genesis 21:16 Meaning and Commentary

“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)

“Then she went and sat down across from him at a distance of about a bowshot; for she said, “Do not let me see the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to cry.”– Genesis 21:16 (NLT)