Genesis 21:20

The Lord was with the boy, and he grew up,

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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

19The Lord opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. Then she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

21and lived in the wilderness of Paran, and became a bowman. His mother secured a wife for him from Egypt.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:12He will be like a wild donkey, his hand against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he will live at odds with all his relatives.

Genesis 25:27As they grew up, Esau became a skilful hunter, a man who lived out in the fields; but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed about the tents.

Genesis 28:15See, I am with you, and will keep you wherever you go and will bring you again 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 everything that he undertook prosper,

Genesis 49:23They bitterly attack, they shoot at him. The archers hatefully assail 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 →

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