Genesis 21:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

bottle. Compare man's provision (a bottle) with God's (a well) (Genesis 21:19).

it. Hagar put the "bottle of water" on her shoulder, surely not Ishmael, because Ishmael was about seventeen years old at this time. Abraham was Eighty-six years of age when Ishmael was born (Genesis 16:16), Isaac was born when Abraham was one-hundred years old (Genesis 21:6), then Ishmael would have been fourteen-years old when Isaac was born, Add to the age of Isaac when he was weaned (Genesis 21:8) three years.

Genesis 21:14

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.