Kejadian 21:14
Konteks21:14 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.
Kejadian 21:1
Konteks21:1 The Lord visited 6 Sarah just as he had said he would and did 7 for Sarah what he had promised. 8
1 Raja-raja 19:3
Konteks19:3 Elijah was afraid, 9 so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,
[21:14] 1 tn Heb “and Abraham rose up early in the morning and he took.”
[21:14] 2 tn Heb “bread,” although the term can be used for food in general.
[21:14] 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.”
[21:14] 4 tn Heb “she went and wandered.”
[21:14] 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.
[21:1] 6 sn The Hebrew verb translated “visit” (פָּקַד, paqad ) often describes divine intervention for blessing or cursing; it indicates God’s special attention to an individual or a matter, always with respect to his people’s destiny. He may visit (that is, destroy) the Amalekites; he may visit (that is, deliver) his people in Egypt. Here he visits Sarah, to allow her to have the promised child. One’s destiny is changed when the
[21:1] 7 tn Heb “and the
[19:3] 9 tc The MT has “and he saw,” but some medieval Hebrew