Genesis 21:19

God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.

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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

18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.

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Cross References

2 Kings 6:17Elisha prayed, and said, “LORD, please open his eyes, that he may see.” the LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.

Luke 24:16But their eyes were kept from recognising 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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