Genesis 21
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Genesis 21:14-19

14So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a 1skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15When the water in the skin was used up, she 2left the boy under one of the bushes. 16Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Do not let me 3see the boy die.” And she sat opposite him, and 4lifted up her voice and wept. 17God 5heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter with you, Hagar? 6Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. 18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by 7the hand, 8for I will make a great nation of him.” 19Then God 9opened her eyes and she saw 10a well of water; and she went and filled the 11skin with water and gave the lad a drink.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 21:14 I.e. a skin used as a bottle ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 21:15 Lit cast ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 21:16 Lit look upon the death of the child ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 21:16 Jer 6:26; Amos 8:10 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 21:17 Ex 3:7; Deut 26:7; Ps 6:8 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 21:17 Gen 26:24 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 21:18 Lit your ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 21:18 Gen 16:10; 21:13; 25:12-16 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 21:19 Num 22:31; 2 Kin 6:17 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 21:19 Gen 16:7, 14 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 21:19 V 14, note 1 ↩

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