Genesis 21:18

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him 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 boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

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

1 Chronicles 1:29These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, 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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