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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Gill's Exposition
And God was with the lad,.... To confirm his health, to provide for him the necessaries of life, to protect him from danger in the wilderness where he was, and to prosper and succeed him in temporal…
- The Birth of Isaac 7. מלל mı̂lēl “speak,” an ancient and therefore solemn and poetical word. 14. חמת chêmet “bottle,” akin to חמה chāmâh, “surround, enclose,” and הוּם chûm “black. באר שׁבע…
Adam Clarke
God opened her eyes - These words appear to me to mean no more than that God directed her to a well, which probably was at no great distance from the place in which she then was; and therefore she is…
Here is, I. The casting out of the bond-woman, and her son from the family of Abraham, Gen 21:14. Abraham's obedience to the divine command in this matter was speedy - early in the morning, we may…
Cambridge Bible
opened her eyes What she had not seen before, Hagar suddenly received power to see. Cf. Num 22:31; 2Ki 6:17; Luk 24:16; Luk 24:31. LXX φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος, "a spring of living water," in the desert.