Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When the water in the skin was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. New Living Translation When the water was gone, she put the boy in the shade of a bush. English Standard Version When the water in the skin was gone, she put the child under one of the bushes. Berean Standard Bible When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. King James Bible And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. New King James Version And the water in the skin was used up, and she placed the boy under one of the shrubs. New American Standard Bible When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes. NASB 1995 When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes. NASB 1977 And the water in the skin was used up, and she left the boy under one of the bushes. Legacy Standard Bible When the water in the skin was finished, she put the child under one of the bushes. Amplified Bible When the water in the skin was all gone, Hagar abandoned the boy under one of the bushes. Christian Standard Bible When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes Holman Christian Standard Bible When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. American Standard Version And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Contemporary English Version and after they had run out of water, Hagar put her son under a bush. English Revised Version And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. GOD'S WORD® Translation When the water in the container was gone, she put the boy under one of the bushes. Good News Translation When the water was all gone, she left the child under a bush International Standard Version Eventually, the water in the leather bottle ran out, so she placed the child under one of the bushes. Majority Standard Bible When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. NET Bible When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs. New Heart English Bible The water in the skin was gone, and she shoved the boy under one of the shrubs. Webster's Bible Translation And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. World English Bible The water in the container was spent, and she put the child under one of the shrubs. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the water is consumed from the bottle, and she places the boy under one of the shrubs. Young's Literal Translation and the water is consumed from the bottle, and she placeth the lad under one of the shrubs. Smith's Literal Translation And the waters shall be spent in the water skin, and she will cast the child under one of the shrubs. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there. Catholic Public Domain Version And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there. New American Bible the water in the skin was used up. So she put the child down under one of the bushes, New Revised Standard Version When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the water in the skin was spent, and she cast the boy under one of the shrubs. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the waters from the skin were finished and she laid the boy under one of the shrubs. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the water failed out of the skin, and she cast the child under a fir tree. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sarah Turns Against Hagar…14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba. 15When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. 16Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.… Cross References Exodus 17:3 But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” Numbers 20:2-5 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. / The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! / Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? ... Deuteronomy 8:15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint. Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. Isaiah 41:17 The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. Jeremiah 14:3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. Lamentations 4:4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any. Hosea 2:3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst. Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.” Mark 8:2-3 “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. / If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.” Luke 4:2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry. John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? Treasury of Scripture And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. the water. Genesis 21:14 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 Beersheba. Exodus 15:22-25 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water… Exodus 17:1-3 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink… and she cast the child. Jump to Previous Bottle Boy Bushes Cast Child Consumed Exhausted Flask Lad Placeth Shrubs Skin Spent Tree Used WaterJump to Next Bottle Boy Bushes Cast Child Consumed Exhausted Flask Lad Placeth Shrubs Skin Spent Tree Used WaterGenesis 21 1. Isaac is born, and circumcised.6. Sarah's joy. 8. Isaac is weaned. 9. Hagar and Ishmael sent away. 15. Hagar in distress. 17. The angel relieves and comforts her. 23. Abimelech's covenant with Abraham at Beersheba. When the water in the skin was gone This phrase highlights the dire situation faced by Hagar and Ishmael in the wilderness. In the ancient Near East, water was a precious and often scarce resource, especially in desert regions like Beersheba, where this event took place. The depletion of water signifies a critical moment of survival, emphasizing human vulnerability and dependence on God's provision. This situation echoes the Israelites' later experiences in the wilderness, where they too faced a lack of water and relied on divine intervention (Exodus 17:1-7). she left the boy under one of the bushes Persons / Places / Events 1. HagarAn Egyptian maidservant of Sarah, Abraham's wife, and the mother of Ishmael. She finds herself in a desperate situation in the wilderness. 2. Ishmael The son of Abraham and Hagar. He is a young boy at this point, facing a life-threatening situation due to lack of water. 3. The Wilderness of Beersheba A desert region where Hagar and Ishmael wander after being sent away by Abraham. It symbolizes desolation and testing. 4. The Water Skin Represents the limited human resources and the eventual depletion of what Hagar relied on for survival. 5. The Bush A place of temporary shelter and a symbol of Hagar's despair as she distances herself from Ishmael, unable to watch him die. Teaching Points Dependence on GodHuman resources are finite, but God's provision is infinite. Like Hagar, we must learn to rely on God when our own resources run dry. God's Faithfulness Despite the dire circumstances, God remains faithful to His promises. He hears the cries of the afflicted and provides in unexpected ways. Hope in Desperation Even in moments of despair, God is present. Hagar's account reminds us that God sees and hears us, offering hope and deliverance. Parental Responsibility and Trust Hagar's actions reflect a deep maternal instinct, yet she must trust God with her son's life. Parents today are called to care for their children while trusting God with their futures. Spiritual Wilderness Times of spiritual dryness can lead to deeper encounters with God. The wilderness is not just a place of testing but also of divine revelation and growth.(15) She cast the child under one of the shrubs.--The act was one of despair. Ishmael, though seventeen years of age, had not yet come to his strength, and at a time when human life was so prolonged that forty was the usual age for marriage, was probably not as capable of bearing fatigue as a young man nearly grown up would be in our days. He thus became exhausted, and apparently fainted; and his mother, after trying in vain to support him, cast him down in anguish, and abandoned herself to her grief.Verse 15. - And the water was spent in (literally, from) the bottle, - so that the wanderers became exhausted, and were in danger of fainting through thirst - and she cast the child - a translation which certainly conveys an erroneous impression, first of Ishmael, who was not an infant, but a grown lad (vide supra, Ver. 14), and secondly of Ishmael's mother, whom it represents as acting with violence, if not with inhumanity; whereas the sense probably is that, having, as long as her rapidly diminishing strength permitted, supported her fainting son, she at length suddenly, through feebleness, released his nerveless hand as he fell, and in despair, finding herself unable to give him further assistance, left him, as she believed, to die where he had flung himself in his intolerable anguish - under one of the shrubs. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When the waterהַמַּ֖יִם (ham·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen in מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the skin הַחֵ֑מֶת (ha·ḥê·meṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2573: A skin bottle was gone, וַיִּכְל֥וּ (way·yiḵ·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent she left וַתַּשְׁלֵ֣ךְ (wat·taš·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away the boy הַיֶּ֔לֶד (hay·ye·leḏ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3206: Something born, a lad, offspring under תַּ֖חַת (ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of one אַחַ֥ד (’a·ḥaḏ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 259: United, one, first of the bushes. הַשִּׂיחִֽם׃ (haś·śî·ḥim) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7880: A bush, shrub, plant Links Genesis 21:15 NIVGenesis 21:15 NLT Genesis 21:15 ESV Genesis 21:15 NASB Genesis 21:15 KJV Genesis 21:15 BibleApps.com Genesis 21:15 Biblia Paralela Genesis 21:15 Chinese Bible Genesis 21:15 French Bible Genesis 21:15 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 21:15 The water in the bottle was spent (Gen. 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