When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. Cross References Genesis 21:14 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. Genesis 21:16 Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, "I cannot bear to watch the boy die!" And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept. 1 Kings 17:12 But she replied, "As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread--only a handful of flour in a jar and a little oil in a jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die." Treasury of Scripture And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. the water. Genesis 21:14 Exodus 15:22-25 Exodus 17:1-3 and she cast the child. |