Daily Discovery Bible Study

14 Abraham got up early the next morning. He packed up some food and a skin of water which he gave to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder. Then he sent her and the boy away. She left and wandered through the Desert of Beersheba.

15 When the water ran out, she left the boy under one of the bushes.16 She went and sat down some way off, a few hundred yards away, saying, “I can't bear to watch my son die!” As she sat down she burst into tears.

17 God heard the boy's cries, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What's the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid! God has heard the boy crying from where he is.18 Get up, go over and help the boy up, and encourage him, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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.

20 God blessed Ishmael and he grew up, living in the desert. He became a skilled archer.21 He lived in the Desert of Paran. His mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 21: 14-21