Genesis 21:18

Rise, lift him up, and hold him fast by the hand, for I will make him 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

17Then the Lord heard the cry of the boy, and the messenger of the Lord called to Hagar from heaven and said, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid, for the Lord has heard the boy’s cry.

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.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10Moreover the messenger of the Lord said to her, “I will make your descendants so many that they can not be numbered because they are so numerous.”

Genesis 21:13But I will also make the son of the slave-girl into a nation, because he is your son.”

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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