Genesis 21:15
And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:22So Moses brought up the children of Israel from the Red Sea, and brought them into the wilderness of Sur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water to drink.
2 Kings 3:9And the king of Israel went, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom: and + 3:9 Gr. compassed a journey of seven days.they fetched a compass of seven days' journey; and there was no water for the army, and for the cattle + 3:9 Gr. at their feet.that went with them.
Isaiah 44:12For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.
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 →