Genesis 21:14
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 Beer–sheba.
Cross-references
Genesis 21:12 is God's direct command to send them away — the divine authorization that makes this act of abandonment an act of obedience.
Genesis 21:20 continues Ishmael's story — God was with him in the wilderness and he thrived, showing the desert wandering here wasn't the end.
Genesis 21:15 continues the scene: when the water ran out, Hagar placed the boy under a bush, unable to watch him die. Direct narrative continuation.
Genesis 22:3 mirrors Abraham rising early to obey God's difficult command involving Isaac — same urgency with another beloved son.
In Genesis 16:7, the angel found Hagar earlier when she first fled into the wilderness — God seeking out the displaced becomes a recurring pattern in her story.
Genesis 25:6 repeats the pattern: Abraham gives gifts and sends people away, again keeping them separate from Isaac.
Genesis 25:18 notes Ishmael's descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, near Egypt — the outcome of the boy sent away in this verse.
In Galatians 4:23-25, Paul uses Hagar and Ishmael's expulsion allegorically — Hagar represents the old covenant of slavery, making this a key typological reference.