Genesis 21:15 “When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the…”

Genesis 21:15

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And when the water of the bottell was spent, she cast the childe vnder a certaine tree.

Darby Translation

And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,

Young's Literal Translation

and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs.

Bible in Basic English

And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.

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Cross references

“the water”

Exodus 15:22–25 2 Kings 3:9 Psalm 63:1 Jeremiah 14:3 Genesis 21:14 Exodus 17:1–3

Exodus 15:22–25 · BSB

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

2 Kings 3:9 · BSB

So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.

Psalm 63:1 · BSB

O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

Jeremiah 14:3 · BSB

The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

Genesis 21:14 · BSB

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.

Exodus 17:1–3 · BSB

Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14Early 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.

16Then 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.

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