¹⁴ So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.

³⁵ A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.

¹⁰ Whatever you do, do well. For when you go to the grave,^[a] there will be no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.

³ Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.

³¹ Early the next morning, they each took a solemn oath not to interfere with each other. Then Isaac sent them home again, and they left him in peace.

⁶ But before he died, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to a land in the east, away from Isaac.

³¹ Then he named the place Beersheba (which means “well of the oath”), because that was where they had sworn the oath.