Genesis 21:20

And the Word of the Lord was the Helper of the youth, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a master of the bow.

Targum Onkelos

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

19And the Lord opened her eyes, and she saw the well of waters, and went and filled the skin with water, and gave the youth to drink.

21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Mizraim.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:12And he will be untameable by man, and he will be needy to everyone, and also all men will be needy to him, and before the face of all his brethren will he dwell.

Genesis 25:27And the youths grew; and Esau was a man of idleness, a man going out into the field; and Jakob was a man of peace, a minister of the house of instruction.

Genesis 28:15And, behold, My Word shall be for thy help, and I will keep thee in every place whither thou goest, and I will bring thee again to this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done what I say to thee.

Genesis 39:3And his master saw that the Word of the Lord was his helper, and that all that he did the Lord prospered in his hand.

Genesis 49:23The mighty men, the men of division, were bitter against him; they afflicted him and sorely grieved 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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