Genesis 21:21
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery]. (6)
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In The King James Version
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
In Context
20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3I will make you swear by Adonai, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites [Descendants of Humbled], among whom I live.
Genesis 27:46Rebekah [Securely bound] said to Isaac [Laughter], “I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth [Trembling fear]. If Jacob [Supplanter] takes a wife of the daughters of Heth [Trembling fear], such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good will my life do me?”
Numbers 12:16Afterward the people traveled from Hazeroth, and encamped in the wilderness of Paran. 1 Haftarah B'ha'alotkha ·Taking leave· ·When you light·: 1 Z'kharyah / Zechariah 2:14-4:7 1 B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: Luke 17:11-18:14
Numbers 13:26They went and came to Moses [Drawn out], to Aaron [Light-bringer], and to all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them and to all the congregation. They showed them the fruit of the land.
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 →