Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
World Messianic Bible
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 the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposed to all of his brothers.”
Genesis 25:27The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.
Genesis 28:15Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you until I have done that which I have spoken of to you.”
Genesis 39:3His master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did prosper in his hand.
Genesis 49:23The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecuted him:
Judges 13:24The woman bore a son and named him Samson. The child grew, and the LORD blessed 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 →