So Abraham got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Genesis 21:15 - Tree of Life Version When the water from the skin was finished, she abandoned the child under one of the bushes. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 got up early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
Then she went and sat herself down opposite, about a bowshot away, for she had said, “I can’t bear to see the child dying!” So she sat down opposite and lifted up her voice and wept.
So she said, “As Adonai your God lives, I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour in the jar, and a little oil in the jug. Now look, I am gathering a couple of sticks, so that I may go in and prepare it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.”
So the king of Israel, the king of Judah and the king of Edom marched. They kept circling roundabout for seven days, but there was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it over the coals, fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. Yet when he is hungry, his strength fails. When he drinks no water, he gets tired.
Their nobles will send their lads for water. They come to the cisterns, but find no water. Their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.