. Crisis. were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me notsee the death of the child. And she sat overagainst him, and lifted up her voice andwept.—Genesis 21. {Not far from the tents of stands alone, looking out across thedesert. In the shade of low and twistedshrubs lies Ishmael, motionless. There is abarren rock into whose shadow the womancomes slowly, her head averted so that shemay not see her son.). ISHMAEL—AFTER BECQUET IN THE LUXEMBOURG MUSEUM. And God said unto Abraham, Let it notbe grievous in thy sight because of the lad,and because of thy bondwoman; in all thatSarah hath sai
. Crisis. were a bow-shot: for she said, Let me notsee the death of the child. And she sat overagainst him, and lifted up her voice andwept.—Genesis 21. {Not far from the tents of stands alone, looking out across thedesert. In the shade of low and twistedshrubs lies Ishmael, motionless. There is abarren rock into whose shadow the womancomes slowly, her head averted so that shemay not see her son.). ISHMAEL—AFTER BECQUET IN THE LUXEMBOURG MUSEUM. And God said unto Abraham, Let it notbe grievous in thy sight because of the lad,and because of thy bondwoman; in all thatSarah hath said unto thee, hearken untoher voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed becalled. And also of the son of the bond-woman will I make a nation, because he isthy seed. And Abraham rose up early inthe morning, and took bread, and a bottle ofwater, and gave it unto Hagar, putting iton her shoulder, and the child, and sent heraway: and she departed and wandered inthe wilderness, of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle,and she cast the child under one of theshrubs. And she went, and sat her downover against him a good way off, as it Hagar : How Egypts God has burned this desertdry! And in the flames of His gTeat wrathmy Ishmael dies, because in Abrams tent Iyielded me. His cries grow faint, while Iafraid to look into his eyes, wait here, apart.{Listens a moment then calls.) Oh, IshmaelT (There comes a moa
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