Genesis 21:18

Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

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

1 Chronicles 1:29And these are the generations of them. The firstborn of Ismahel, Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam,

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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