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.
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- KJV 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.
- 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.
- ESV 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 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 to the sons of Abraham’s concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country.
- Ps 119:60I will hurry, and not delay, to obey your commandments.
- John 8:35A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
- Gen 16:7Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- Gen 26:31They rose up some time in the morning, and swore to one another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.
- Ps 107:4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city to live in.
- Gen 21:31Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because they both swore there.
- Prov 27:14He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse by him.
- 1 Kgs 19:3When he saw that, he arose, and ran for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
- Eccl 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- Gen 26:33He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.
- Gen 22:19So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
- Gen 22:3Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
- Gen 37:15A certain man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field. The man asked him, “What are you looking for?”
- Gen 46:1Israel traveled with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac.
- Gen 19:27Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
- Gen 36:6–7Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, with his livestock, all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
- Gen 21:33Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and called there on the name of Yahweh, the Everlasting God.
- Gal 4:23–25However, the son by the servant was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.
- Gen 24:54They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, “Send me away to my master.”
- Isa 16:8For the fields of Heshbon languish with the vine of Sibmah. The lords of the nations have broken down its choice branches, which reached even to Jazer, which wandered into the wilderness. Its shoots were spread abroad. They passed over the sea.
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