Genesis 21:18

Arise lift up the boy, and hold him up with thy hand,—for, a great nation, will I make him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

17And God heard the voice of the boy, and a messenger of God called unto Hagar out of the heavens; and said to her, What aileth thee, Hagar? Do not fear, for God hath hearkened unto the voice of the boy where he is.

19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water,—and went and filled the skin with water, and gave drink unto the boy

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Cross References

Genesis 16:10And the messenger of Yahweh said to her, I will, greatly multiply, thy seed—so that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 21:13Yet even the son of the bondwoman, will I appoint to become, a nation, because thy seed, he is.

1 Chronicles 1:29These, are their generations,—the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and 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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