Genesis 21:20
God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good ◄archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows►.
Translation for Translators
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
21He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12But your son will be as uncontrollable as a wild donkey [MET]. He will oppose everyone, and everyone will oppose him [MTY]. He will live far away from his relatives [SYN].”
Genesis 25:27When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter. He spent a lot of time out in the fields. Jacob was a quiet man who stayed close to the campsite.
Genesis 28:15I will help you and protect you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you; I will continue to do for you all that I have promised to do.”
Genesis 39:3His master saw that Yahweh was helping Joseph and enabling him to be successful in everything that he did.
Genesis 49:23Their enemies will attack them fiercely, and shoot at them with bows and arrows and pursue them.
Judges 13:24When their son was born, they named him Samson. Yahweh blessed him as he grew up.
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 →