Genesis 21:18

Rise thou, and take the child, and holde his hoond; for Y schal make hym in to a greet folc.

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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

17Forsothe the Lord herde the vois of the child, and the aungel of the Lord clepide Agar fro heuene, and seide, What doist thou, Agar? nyle thou drede, for God hath herd the vois of the child fro the place where ynne he is.

19And God openyde hir iyen, and sche seiy a pit of watir, and sche yede, and fillide the botel, and sche yaf drynk to the child;

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And eft he seide, Y multipliynge schal multiplie thi seed, and it schal not be noumbrid for multitude.

Genesis 21:13but also I schal make the sone of the handmaid in to a greet folk, for he is thi seed.

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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