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The table below presents presents
two contradictory verses.
Both verses speak about
The water Abraham left for Hagar/Ishmael when he banished them
The underlined words highlight the contradiction.
One verse says
And Abraham arose 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 strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[Presumably he gave her enough water to reach the nearest civilization]
while the other verse states
And the water in the bottle was used up, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
Which is it?
Did Abraham give enough water for expulsion or was the water
used up?
Rashi simply resolves this using the 2 Aspects method:
Abraham gave enough water for two healthy people to reach
civilization. But the boy had a fever requiring a large consumption
of water. Hence the water was used up quicker than expected.
Summary
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Verse / Source
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Text of verse / Source
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Abraham banishes Hagar and her son and gives them
[presumably enough] water
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Gn21-14
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And Abraham arose 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 strayed in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
[Presumably he gave her enough water to reach the nearest
civilization]
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The water was used up
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Gn21-15
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And the water in the bottle was used up, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
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Resolution:
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2 Aspects
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Abraham gave enough water for two healthy people to reach
civilization. But the boy had a fever requiring large consumption
of water. Hence the water wore out.
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