Genesis 21:20

Ishmael became big, God was caring for him. He became a hunter.

Nyangumarta (portions)

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

19After that Hagar looked, God showed her water. She went there, she filled the water container, she took it to the lad, she gave him water.

21He was staying in the desert, in the country named Paran. His mother got a wife for him from Egypt. [21:22-34 omitted at this stage.]

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Cross References

Genesis 16:12When he grows up he will be a fighter against all people, they all will be fighters against him. He will be a solitary dweller.”

Genesis 25:27Those two Esau and Jacob became big, they became men. Esau was a hunter, he used to go out for meat. Jacob used to stay in the camp, he used to work for his father.

Genesis 28:15I will be with you wherever you go. Later I will cause you to return to this country. I will not leave you, I will be with you. I will do for you what I said to you.” In that way God spoke to Jacob.

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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