Genesis 21:20
And Elohim was with the na'ar; and he grew, and dwelt in the midbar, and became a roveh keshet (an archer).
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
21And he dwelt in the midbar of Paran: and his em got him an isha out of Eretz Mitzrayim.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12And he will be a pere adam; 1 his yad will be against kol, 1 and kol yad against him; 1 and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 25:27And the nearim grew: and Esav was a skilled hunter, an ish sadeh; and Ya'akov was an ish tam (quiet man), dwelling in ohalim.
Genesis 28:15And, hinei, I am with thee, and will be shomer over thee in all places where thou goest, and will bring thee back into haadamah hazot; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have promised thee.
Genesis 39:3And adonav saw that Hashem was with him, and that Hashem caused all that he did matzliach in his yad.
Genesis 49:23The ba'alei khitzim (archers) provoke him, 1 and shoot at him, and hate him; 1
Judges 13:24And the isha bore ben, and called shmo Shimshon; and the na'ar grew, and Hashem 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 →