Genesis 21:20
and God is with the youth, and he grows, and dwells in the wilderness, and is an archer;
Literal Standard 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
Cross References
Genesis 16:12and he is a wild-donkey man, his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him—and before the face of all his brothers he dwells.”
Genesis 25:27And the youths grew, and Esau is a man acquainted [with] hunting, a man of the field; and Jacob [is] a plain man, inhabiting tents;
Genesis 28:15And behold, I [am] with you, and have kept you wherever you go, and have caused you to return to this ground; for I do not leave you until I have surely done that which I have spoken to you.”
Genesis 39:3and his lord sees that YHWH is with him, and all that he is doing YHWH is causing to prosper in his hand,
Genesis 49:23And embitter him indeed, they have striven, || Indeed, archers hate him;
Judges 13:24And the woman bears a son, and calls his name Samson, and the youth grows, and YHWH blesses 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 →