Genesis 21:20
And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.
Genesis 25:27And when they were grown up, Esau became a skillful hunter, and a husbandman, but Jacob a plain man dwelt in tents.
Genesis 28:15And I will be thy keeper whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee back into this land: neither will I leave thee, till I shall have accomplished all that I have said.
Genesis 39:3Who knew very well that the Lord was with him, and made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 49:23Joseph is a growing son, a growing son and comely to behold; the daughters run to and fro upon the wall.
Judges 13:24And she bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.
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 →