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Genesis 21:14

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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 Beer–sheba.

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  1. Genesis 21:12

    And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  2. Genesis 21:13

    And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

  3. Genesis 21:15

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

  4. Genesis 21:16

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

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