And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I do not have a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a jar: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they curved around on a seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle that followed them.
The blacksmith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint.
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and disappointed, and covered their heads.