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"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 Beer-sheba. "And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. "And she went, and sat her down over against him, a good way off, as it were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. "And God heard the voice of the lad: and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. "Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand: for I will make him a great nation. "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink." xxi. 14—19.

sank amid the wilderness, The weary and forsaken; She gave the boy one faint caress, And prayed he might not waken.