Genesis 21:18

Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of 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

17But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: “What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.

19And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”

Genesis 21:13Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”

1 Chronicles 1:29And these are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and 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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