Genesis 21:18

Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Brenton Septuagint

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 child from the place where he was, and an angel of God called Agar out of heaven, and said to her, What is it, Agar? fear not, for God has heard the voice of the child from the place where he is.

19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well + 21:19 Or, Gr. living.of springing water; and she went and filled the skin with water, and gave the child drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the angel of the Lord said to her, I will surely multiply thy seed, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

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

1 Chronicles 1:29And these are their generations: the first-born of Ismael, Nabæoth, and Kedar, Nabdeel, Massam,

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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