Genesis 21:19

And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.

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In The King James Version

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.

In Context

18Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”

20And God was with him. And he grew, and he stayed in the wilderness, and he became a young man, an archer.

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Cross References

2 Kings 6:17And when Elisha had prayed, he said, “O Lord, open the eyes of this one, so that he may see.” And the Lord opened the eyes of the servant, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire, all around Elisha.

Luke 24:16But their eyes were restrained, so that they would not recognize him.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:15-22

God's Mercy to Hagar and Ishmael. ( b. c. 1892.) 14 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. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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