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Genesis 21:15

13 And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

14 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 Beer-sheba.

And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

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BSB
When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
KJV
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
WEB
The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.
ASV
And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
DARBY
And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,
BLB
And the water was used up from the skin, and she cast the boy under one of the bushes.
ÅB
Da det var forbi med vannet i sekken, kastet hun gutten fra seg under en busk
OTB
Da vannet i skinnsekken var oppbrukt, plasserte hun gutten under en av buskene.
B1930
Da det var forbi med vannet i sekken, kastet hun gutten fra sig under en busk

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 14:3

    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 confounded, and covered their heads.

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  • 2 Kings 3:9

    So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

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  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

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  • Exodus 15:22–25

    So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

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  • Exodus 17:1–3

    And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.

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  • Isaiah 44:12

    The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

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  • Genesis 21:14

    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 Beer-sheba.

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