Genesis 21:19
God opened her eyes and she saw a well nearby. She went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
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18Get up, go over and help the boy up, and encourage him, for I will make him into a great nation.”
20God blessed Ishmael and he grew up, living in the desert. He became a skilled archer.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:17Elisha prayed, saying, “Lord, please open his eyes so he can see.” The Lord opened the servant's eyes, and when he looked he saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Luke 24:16But they were kept from recognizing 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 →