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Then Elohimוַ אֱלֹהִיםopenedיִּפְקַחher eyes,אֶת עֵינֶיהָand she sawוַתֵּרֶאa wellבְּאֵרof water.מָיִםShe wentוַתֵּלֶךְand filledוַתְּמַלֵּאthe skinאֶת הַחֵמֶתwith waterמַיִםand gave a drinkוַתַּשְׁקְto the boy.אֶת הַנָּעַר
Genesis 21:19
Study it in the app“Then Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water and gave a drink to the boy.”
Hagar and her son, sent away into the wilderness, are heard by GodLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:19, word by word
- Then Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- openedיִּפְקַחyifkach
open (the eyes)
Open (the eyes or the ears); from there, become aware.
Where else “yifkach” appears- her eyesעֵינֶיene
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “ene” appears- and she sawתֵּרֶאtere
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tere” appears- a wellבְּאֵרbeer
well
A deep hole dug in the ground to draw water.
Where else “beer” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- She wentתֵּלֶךְtelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appears- and filledתְּמַלֵּאtemale
fill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “temale” appears- the skinחֵמֶתchemet
skin bottle
A leather bag for water.
Where else “chemet” appears- and gave a drinkתַּשְׁקְtashk
give drink
To give water or another liquid to people or animals.
Where else “tashk” appears- to the boyנָּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears
The context
18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.”
19 · This verse (above)
20Elohim was with the boy, and he grew up and lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
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?