Genesis 21:18

Get up, raise up the lad, and encourage him; for I will make him into 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

17God heard the voice of the lad, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

19Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and gave the lad a drink.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10Then the angel of Yahweh said to her, “I will greatly multiply your descendants, so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 21:13I will also make the son of the servant woman into a nation, because he is your descendant.”

1 Chronicles 1:29These are their sons: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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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