So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs. American Standard Version (1901) And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Common English Bible Finally the water in the flask ran out, and she put the boy down under one of the desert shrubs. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there. |
So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Do not let me look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.
But she said, “As the Lord your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of meal in a jar and a little oil in a jug; I am now gathering a couple of sticks so that I may go home and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and when they had made a roundabout march of seven days, there was no water for the army or for the animals that were with them.
O God, you are my God; I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
The blacksmith works it with a tool over the coals, shaping it with hammers and forging it with his strong arm; he becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.
Her nobles send their servants for water; they come to the cisterns; they find no water; they return with their vessels empty. They are ashamed and dismayed and cover their heads,