Genesis 21:20
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
Berean Standard Bible
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 will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Genesis 28:15Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Genesis 39:3When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,
Genesis 49:23The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Judges 13:24So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy 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 →