13 As for the son of the bondwoman, I will make him [a]a nation also, because he is thy seed.

14 So Abraham arose 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 also, and [b]sent her away: who departing, wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15 And when the water of the bottle was spent, she cast the child under a certain tree.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:13 The Ishmaelites shall come of him.
  2. Genesis 21:14 True faith renounceth all natural affections to obey God’s commandment.

13 I will make the son of the slave into a nation(A) also, because he is your offspring.”

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(B) He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.(C)

15 When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.

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