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When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
Genesis 21:15 In-Context
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I will make the son of the slave into a nation also, because he is your offspring.”
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Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the Desert of Beersheba.
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When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes.
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Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, “I cannot watch the boy die.” And as she sat there, she began to sob.
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God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.