When the waterin the skinwas usedup, she leftthe boyunderoneof the bushes.
So Abrahamroseearlyin the morningand tookbreadand a skinof waterand gave[them] to Hagar,putting[them] on her shoulder,and [gave her] the boy,and senther away.And she departedand wanderedabout in the wildernessof Beersheba.
Then she wentand satdownoppositehim, about a bowshotaway,for she said,"Do not let me seethe boydie."And she satoppositehim, and liftedup her voiceand wept.
But she said,"As the LORDyour Godlives,I havenobread,onlya handfulof flourin the bowland a littleoilin the jar;and behold,I am gatheringa fewsticksthat I may goin and preparefor me and my son,that we may eatit and die."
So the kingof Israelwentwith the kingof Judahand the kingof Edom;and they madea circuitof sevendays'journey,and there was nowaterfor the armyor for the cattlethat followedthem.
O God,You are my God;I shall seekYou earnestly;My soulthirstsfor You, my fleshyearnsfor You, In a dryand wearylandwhere there is nowater.
The man shapesironinto a cuttingtooland doeshis workover the coals,fashioningit with hammersand workingit with his strongarm.He alsogetshungryand his strengthfails;he drinksnowaterand becomesweary.
"Their nobleshave senttheir servantsfor water;They have cometo the cisternsand foundnowater.They have returnedwith their vesselsempty;They have beenputto shameand humiliated,And they covertheir heads.
