Genesis 21:14

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Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

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The Ancient Near East (Fertile Crescent)The ancient Near East and Fertile Crescent, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the world of the patriarchs.

The Journeys of Abraham and the PatriarchsThe journeys of Abraham and the patriarchs from Ur through Canaan and into Egypt.

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Egypt was the land from which Hagar had come as Sarah’s servant, making it a natural destination as Abraham sent her and Ishmael away. The wilderness of Paran, south of Canaan in the Sinai region, became Ishmael’s home and underscores God’s preservation of him despite his exclusion from Isaac’s covenant line.

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Genesis 21:14 mentions Egypt and Paran.

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