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When the waterהַמַּיִםin the skinמִן הַחֵמֶתwas used up,וַיִּכְלוּshe threwוַתַּשְׁלֵךְthe childאֶת הַיֶּלֶדunderתַּחַתoneאַחַדof the bushes.הַשִּׂיחִם
Genesis 21:15
Study it in the app“When the water in the skin was used up, she threw the child under one of the bushes.”
Hagar and her son, sent away into the wilderness, are heard by GodLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:15, word by word
- When the waterמַּיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- in the skinחֵמֶתchemet
skin bottle
A leather bag for water.
Where else “chemet” appears- was used upיִּכְלוּyichlu
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “yichlu” appears- she threwתַּשְׁלֵךְtashlech
throw
To throw something with force, far off or down.
Where else “tashlech” appears- the childיֶּלֶדyeled
child
A small child, or a boy who is not yet a grown man.
Where else “yeled” appears- oneאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- of the bushesשִּׂיחִםsichim
bush, shrub
Bush, wild plant.
Where else “sichim” appears
The context
14Abraham 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.
15 · This verse (above)
16Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot away, for she said, “Let me not see the death of the child.” And she sat opposite him, lifted up her voice, and wept.
To study Genesis 21 in a group
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?