Study it in the app“Abraham rose early in the morning, took bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and also the child, and sent her away. She went and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
Hagar and her son, sent away into the wilderness, are heard by GodLoneliness
Abrahamאַבְרָהָםrose earlyוַיַּשְׁכֵּםin the morning,בַּבֹּקֶרtookוַיִּקַּחbreadלֶחֶםand a skinוְחֵמַתof water,מַיִםand gave themוַיִּתֵּןto Hagar,אֶל הָגָרputting themשָׂםonעַלher shoulder,שִׁכְמָהּand also the child,וְאֶת הַיֶּלֶדand sent her away.וַיְשַׁלְּחֶהָShe wentוַתֵּלֶךְand wanderedוַתֵּתַעin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Beersheba.בְּאֵר שָׁבַע
Abraham
Abraham, the name God gave to Abram; it sounds like "father of a multitude" (Genesis 17:5). The father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised the land and blessing for all the families of the earth.
Where else “avraham” appearsrise early
To get up early to do something.
Where else “yashkem” appearsmorning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appearstake
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “yikach” appearsbread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appearsskin bottle
A leather bag for water.
Where else “chemat” appearswater
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appearsHagar
Hagar, the Egyptian slave of Sarai, mother of Ishmael.
Where else “hagar” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sam” appearsshoulder
The part of the body by the neck where a load is carried.
Where else “shichma” appearschild
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appearssend away
To send away, or divorce one's wife.
Where else “yeshalche” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearswander, go astray
Wander, go astray, be lost; in the causative form, make wander, lead astray.
Where else “teta” appearswilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appearsBeersheba
See it on the mapWhere else “beer” appearsBeersheba
Today: Beersheba (Be'er Sheva), Israel
A city at the southern edge of the land of Israel, in the Negev desert, about 47 miles (75 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham and Isaac made agreements there over a well (Gen 21:31; 26:33). "From Dan to Beersheba" meant the whole land.
13And also the son of the slave woman I will make him a nation, for he is your offspring.”
14 · This verse (above)
15When the water in the skin was used up, she threw the child under one of the bushes.
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?
