Genesis 21:18

Aryse and lyft vp the lad, and take him in thyne hande, for I wyll make of hym a great people.

Bible (Bishops')

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 hearde the voyce of the lad, and the angell of God called to Hagar out of heauen, and said vnto her, what ayleth thee Hagar? feare not: for God hath hearde the voyce of the lad where he lyeth.

19And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water, and she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the lad drinke.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And agayne the angell of the Lord sayde vnto her: I wyll multiplie thy seede in such sort, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.

Genesis 21:13Moreouer, of the sonne of the bonde woman wyll I make a nation, because he is thy seede.

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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