Genesis 21:20
18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- KJV
- And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- WEB
- God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
- ASV
- And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
- DARBY
- And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- BLB
- And God was with the boy, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness and became a great archer.
- ÅB
- Og Gud var med gutten; han ble stor og bodde i ørkenen, og da han vokste til, ble han bueskytter.
- OTB
- Gud var med gutten mens han vokste opp. Han bodde i ødemarken og ble en bueskytter.
- B1930
- Og Gud var med gutten; han blev stor og bodde i ørkenen, og da han vokste til, blev han bueskytter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 28:15
Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
Read in contextGenesis 39:21
the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
Read in contextGenesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Read in contextGenesis 39:2–3
And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.
Read in contextLuke 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.
Read in contextJudges 13:24–25
So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Read in contextGenesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”
Read in contextJudges 6:12
And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
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