And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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- WEB 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 gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- BSB Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
- NKJV So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water; and putting it on her shoulder, he gave it and the boy to Hagar, and sent her away. Then she departed and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
- NASB 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 gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba.
- NLT So Abraham got up early the next morning, prepared food and a container of water, and strapped them on Hagar’s shoulders. Then he sent her away with their son, and she wandered aimlessly in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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Quick answer
Abraham obediently sends Hagar and Ishmael away with provisions, and they wander in the wilderness. He acts on God's word despite the cost.
Overview
Abraham obeys promptly, though the parting of his son into the desert is heavy with sorrow. Hagar and Ishmael's plight in the wilderness sets the stage for another display of God's compassionate care. The scene shows that obedience to God may bring hardship, yet God does not abandon those affected, but meets them in their need.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 25:6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
- Ps 119:60I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
- John 8:35And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
- Gen 16:7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Gen 26:31And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Ps 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in.
- Gen 21:31Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them.
- Prov 27:14He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.
- 1 Kgs 19:3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
- Eccl 9:10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
- Gen 26:33And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day.
- Gen 22:19So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
- Gen 22:3And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
- Gen 37:15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
- Gen 46:1And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
- Gen 19:27And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:
- Gen 36:6–7And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob.
- Gen 21:33And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.
- Gal 4:23–25But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise.
- Gen 24:54And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
- Isa 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea.
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