Acts 8:23Bible in Basic English

Genesis 21:16

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.

Genesis 26:14

For he had great wealth of flocks and herds and great numbers of servants; so that the Philistines were full of envy.

Genesis 27:34

And hearing the words of his father, Esau gave a great and bitter cry, and said to his father, Give a blessing to me, even to me, O my father!

Genesis 30:1

Now Rachel, because she had no children, was full of envy of her sister; and she said to Jacob, If you do not give me children I will not go on living.

Genesis 31:40

This was my condition, wasted by heat in the day and by the bitter cold at night; and sleep went from my eyes.