Genesis 21:14

Early in the morning Abraham took ¹  some food ²  and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, ³  and sent her away. So she went wandering ⁴  aimlessly through the wilderness ⁵  of Beer Sheba.

Ge 16:7; Ge 19:27; Ge 21:33; Ge 22:3; Ge 22:19; Ge 24:54; Ge 25:6; Ge 26:31; Ge 26:33; Ge 36:6,7; Ge 37:15; Ge 46:1; 1Ki 19:3; Ps 107:4; Ps 119:60; Pr 27:14; Ec 9:10; Isa 16:8; Joh 8:35; Ga 4:23-25

¹ tn Heb “and Abraham rose up early in the morning and he took.”

² tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.

³ tn Heb “He put upon her shoulder, and the boy [or perhaps, “and with the boy”], and he sent her away.” It is unclear how “and the boy” relates syntactically to what precedes. Perhaps the words should be rearranged and the text read, “and he put [them] on her shoulder and he gave to Hagar the boy.”

⁴ tn Heb “she went and wandered.”

⁵ tn Or “desert,” although for English readers this usually connotes a sandy desert like the Sahara rather than the arid wasteland of this region with its sparse vegetation.