Genesis 21:18

Get up, go over and help the boy up, and encourage him, for I will make him into a great nation.”

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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

17God heard the boy's cries, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, “What's the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid! God has heard the boy crying from where he is.

19God opened her eyes and she saw a well nearby. She went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10Then he continued, “I will give you many, many descendants—in fact they'll be so many they can't be counted.”

Genesis 21:13Don't worry—I will also make the son of the slave woman into a nation because he's your son.”

1 Chronicles 1:29These were their descendants: Nebaioth was the firstborn son of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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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