¹² But God said to Abraham, “Don’t be ·troubled [distressed; upset] about the boy and the slave woman. Do ·whatever [all] Sarah tells you. ·The descendants I promised you will be from [^LThe seed will be named for you through] Isaac. ¹³ I will also make the ·descendants of Ishmael [^Lthe son of your slave woman] into a great nation because he is your ·son [^Lseed], too.”

¹⁴ Early the next morning Abraham [^Lgot up and] took some food and a ·leather bag full [skin] of water. He gave them to Hagar and sent her away. Carrying these things and her son [^Lon her shoulder], Hagar went and wandered [^Cthe verb may imply moving aimlessly and without hope] in the ·desert [wilderness] of Beersheba [^Can area in the northern part of the Negev, southern Canaan].