Genesis Chapter 21 verse 19 Holy Bible
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.
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Then God made her eyes open, and she saw a water-spring, and she got water in the skin and gave the boy a drink.
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And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the lad drink.
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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.
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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.
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God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
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And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle `with' water, and causeth the youth to drink;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 19. - And God opened her eyes. Not necessarily by miraculous operation; perhaps simply by providentially guiding her search for water, after the administered consolation had revived her spirit and roused her energies. And she saw a well of water, בְּאֵר מַיִם, as distinguished from בּור, a pit or cistern, meant a fountain or spring of living water (cf. Genesis 24:11, 20; Genesis 26:19, 20, 21). It had not been previously observed by Hagar, either because of her mental agitation (dolors quasi caeca. Rosenmüller), or because, as was customary, the mouth of the well was covered - and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink - which was certainly the first of the youth s necessities, being needful to the preservation of his life and the reviving of his spirits.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(19) A well of water.--Not a cistern, but a spring of living water. The mirage in the desert so wearies the traveller, that at last he turns in despair from what may be more truthful signs. But after her outburst of grief, Hagar would grow more calm, and, encouraged by the angel's voice, she renews her search, and finds. As Abravanel notices, the well already existed, and was not created for Hagar's use; for God, it is said, opened her eyes, that is, enabled her to see something that indicated the existence of water: trees probably rising round the spring, or some vegetable upgrowth.