Genesis 21:14-21
New American Standard Bible
14 So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a [a]skin 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.
15 When the water in the skin was used up, she [b]left the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, “May I not [c]see the boy die!” And she sat opposite him, and (A)raised her voice and wept. 17 God (B)heard the boy crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “[d]What is the matter with you, Hagar? (C)Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. 18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him by [e]the hand, (D)for I will make a great nation of him.” 19 Then God (E)opened her eyes, and she saw (F)a well of water; and she went and filled the [f]skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 And (G)God was with the boy, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 (H)He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
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- Genesis 21:14 I.e., a skin used as a bottle
- Genesis 21:15 Lit cast
- Genesis 21:16 Lit look at the death of the child
- Genesis 21:17 Lit What to you; an idiom
- Genesis 21:18 Lit your
- Genesis 21:19 See note v 14
Genesis 21:14-21
New International Version
14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(A) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.(B)
15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. 16 Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she[a] began to sob.(C)
17 God heard the boy crying,(D) and the angel of God(E) called to Hagar from heaven(F) and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid;(G) God has heard the boy crying as he lies there. 18 Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.(H)”
19 Then God opened her eyes(I) and she saw a well of water.(J) So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy(K) as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer. 21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran,(L) his mother got a wife for him(M) from Egypt.
Footnotes
- Genesis 21:16 Hebrew; Septuagint the child
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