14 Early in the morning Abraham got up, took bread and a waterskin, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her and the boy away.[a] She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:14 To “send away” a woman = divorce her; Dt 24:1. To “send away” a slave = free her; Dt 15:13.

14 Early the next morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar.(A) 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.(B)

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19 Abraham went back to his young men, and they got up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham settled in Beer-sheba.

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19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba.(A) And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.

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20 All Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was a confirmed prophet of the Lord.(A)

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20 And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba(A) recognized that Samuel was attested as a prophet of the Lord.(B)

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25 Throughout Solomon’s reign, Judah and Israel lived in safety from Dan to Beer-sheba,(A) each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.(B)

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25 During Solomon’s lifetime Judah and Israel, from Dan to Beersheba,(A) lived in safety,(B) everyone under their own vine and under their own fig tree.(C)

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