Genesis 21:20
And it came to pass that God was with the boy, and he grew,—and dwelt in the desert, and he became as he grew up, an archer,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
21And he dwelt in the desert of Paran,—and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12But, he, will be a wild ass of a man, his hand, against every one, and every one’s hand against him—yet, in presence of all his brethren, shall he have his habitation.
Genesis 25:27And when the youths grew up, it came to pass that Esau was a man skilled in game a man of the field,—but, Jacob, was a ready man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 28:15Lo! then, I, am with thee, so will I keep thee in every place whithersoever thou mayest go, and will bring thee back unto this soil,—For I will not forsake thee until I have done that of which I have spoken to thee.
Genesis 39:3And his lord saw, that, Yahweh, was with him—and that whatsoever, he was doing, Yahweh, was causing to prosper in his hand.
Genesis 49:23So they attack him and have shot,—So they enclose him, do the masters of arrows.
Judges 13:24So the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson,—and the boy grew, and Yahweh 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 →