Genesis 21:20
God kept Ishmael safe as he grew up in the dry country called Paran. He learned how to be a great hunter and later on Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
Barkly (portions)
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
19Then God showed her where to find a waterhole. She filled the water bag and gave Ishmael a drink.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12But I have to tell you, Ishmael will be like a wild donkey. He will be against everybody and everybody will be against him. He will always fight with his brothers.”
Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau was a very good hunter. He loved being out in the bush, but Jacob was a quiet man who liked to stay around his parent's camp.
Genesis 28:15Jacob, I will be with you wherever you go. I will look after you and make sure nothing bad happens to you. One day I will bring you back to this country. I will keep my promise and I will always be with you.”
Genesis 39:3Potifar saw that God helped Joseph do everything just right.
Genesis 49:23His enemies were angry with him and wanted to fight him. They shot a lot of arrows at 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 →