Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand, for I will make him a great nation.

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In The King James Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

In Context

17And God heard the voice of the lad. And the agent of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What troubles thee, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

19And 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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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the agent of LORD said to her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 21:13And also I will make a nation of the son of the handmaid, because he is thy seed.

1 Chronicles 1:29These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

Matthew Henry on Genesis 21:15-22

God's Mercy to Hagar and Ishmael. ( b. c. 1892.) 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. 15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. 16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And… Read the whole commentary →

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