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Selected Verse: Genesis 21:14 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 21:14 |
Strong Concordance |
And Abraham [085] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and took [03947] bread [03899], and a bottle [02573] of water [04325], and gave [05414] it unto Hagar [01904], putting [07760] it on her shoulder [07926], and the child [03206], and sent her away [07971]: and she departed [03212], and wandered [08582] in the wilderness [04057] of Beersheba [0884]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
EXPULSION OF ISHMAEL. (Gen 21:14-21)
Abraham rose up early, &c.--early, that the wanderers might reach an asylum before noon. Bread includes all sorts of victuals--bottle, a leathern vessel, formed of the entire skin of a lamb or kid sewed up, with the legs for handles, usually carried over the shoulder. Ishmael was a lad of seventeen years, and it is quite customary for Arab chiefs to send out their sons at such an age to do for themselves: often with nothing but a few days' provisions in a bag.
wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba--in the southern border of Palestine, but out of the common direction, a wide extending desert, where they lost their way. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And Abraham rose up early in the morning - We may suppose immediately after he had in the night - visions received orders to do this. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Took bread, and a bottle - By the word bread we are to understand the food or provisions which were necessary for her and Ishmael, till they should come to the place of their destination; which, no doubt, Abraham particularly pointed out. The bottle, which was made of skin, ordinarily a goat's skin, contained water sufficient to last them till they should come to the next well; which, it is likely, Abraham particularly specified also. This well, it appears, Hagar missed, and therefore wandered about in the wilderness seeking more water, till all she had brought with her was expended. We may therefore safely presume that she and her son were sufficiently provided for their journey, had they not missed their way. Travelers in those countries take only, to the present day, provisions sufficient to carry them to the next village or encampment; and water to supply them till they shall meet with the next well. What adds to the appearance of cruelty in this case is, that our translation seems to represent Ishmael as being a young child; and that Hagar was obliged to carry him, the bread, and the bottle of water on her back or shoulder at the same time. But that Ishmael could not be carried on his mother's shoulder will be sufficiently evident when his age is considered; Ishmael was born when Abraham was eighty-six years of age, Gen 16:16; Isaac was born when he was one hundred years of age, Gen 21:5; hence Ishmael was fourteen years old at the birth of Isaac. Add to this the age of Isaac when he was weaned, which, from Gen 21:8, (See note Gen 21:8) was probably three, and we shall find that Ishmael was at the time of his leaving Abraham not less than seventeen years old; an age which, in those primitive times, a young man was able to gain his livelihood, either by his bow in the wilderness, or by keeping flocks as Jacob did. |
14 And Abraham [085] rose up early [07925] in the morning [01242], and took [03947] bread [03899], and a bottle [02573] of water [04325], and gave [05414] it unto Hagar [01904], putting [07760] it on her shoulder [07926], and the child [03206], and sent her away [07971]: and she departed [03212], and wandered [08582] in the wilderness [04057] of Beersheba [0884].
15 And the water [04325] was spent [03615] in [04480] the bottle [02573], and she cast [07993] the child [03206] under one [0259] of the shrubs [07880].
16 And she went [03212], and sat her down [03427] over against [05048] him a good way off [07368], as it were a bowshot [02909] [07198]: for she said [0559], Let me not see [07200] the death [04194] of the child [03206]. And she sat [03427] over against him, and lift up [05375] her voice [06963], and wept [01058].
17 And God [0430] heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the lad [05288]; and the angel [04397] of God [0430] called [07121] to Hagar [01904] out of heaven [08064], and said [0559] unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar [01904]? fear [03372] not; for God [0430] hath heard [08085] the voice [06963] of the lad [05288] where he is.
18 Arise [06965], lift up [05375] the lad [05288], and hold [02388] him in thine hand [03027]; for I will make [07760] him a great [01419] nation [01471].
19 And God [0430] opened [06491] her eyes [05869], and she saw [07200] a well [0875] of water [04325]; and she went [03212], and filled [04390] the bottle [02573] with water [04325], and gave [08248] the lad [05288] drink [08248].
20 And God [0430] was with the lad [05288]; and he grew [01431], and dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057], and became an archer [07235] [07199].
21 And he dwelt [03427] in the wilderness [04057] of Paran [06290]: and his mother [0517] took [03947] him a wife [0802] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
8 And the child [03206] grew [01431], and was weaned [01580]: and Abraham [085] made [06213] a great [01419] feast [04960] the same day [03117] that Isaac [03327] was weaned [01580].
8 And the child [03206] grew [01431], and was weaned [01580]: and Abraham [085] made [06213] a great [01419] feast [04960] the same day [03117] that Isaac [03327] was weaned [01580].
5 And Abraham [085] was an hundred [03967] years [08141] old [01121], when his son [01121] Isaac [03327] was born [03205] unto him.
16 And Abram [087] was fourscore [08084] [08141] and six [08337] years [08141] old [01121], when Hagar [01904] bare [03205] Ishmael [03458] to Abram [087].