Genesis 21:20
God blessed Ishmael and he grew up, living in the desert. He became a skilled archer.
Free Bible Version
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
21He lived in the Desert of Paran. His mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He will forever be fighting with his relatives.”
Genesis 25:27The boys grew up and Esau became a skilled hunter, at home in the countryside. Jacob was quiet and liked to stay at home in the tents.
Genesis 28:15Listen! I am with you and will take care of you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this country. I won't leave you because I'm going to do what I've promised you.”
Genesis 39:3His master noticed that the Lord was with him and made him successful in everything he did.
Genesis 49:23The archers viciously attacked him; they shot their arrows at him with hate.
Judges 13:24She gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew up, 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 →