KJV King James Version
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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Genesis 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
WEB World English Bible
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
ASV American Standard Version
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 21
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 she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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ק֚וּמִיH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiשְׂאִ֣יH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַנַּ֔עַרH5288 · na.aryouthוְהַחֲזִ֥יקִיH2388 · cha.zaqto strengthen: strengthenאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יָדֵ֖ךְH3027 · yadhandבּ֑וֹH9033 · ohimכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforלְג֥וֹיH1471 · goynationגָּד֖וֹלH1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeאֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ׃H7760 · sumto set: make
Cross-references
Genesis 21:13And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he [is] thy seed.Genesis 16:10And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.1 Chronicles 1:29-31These [are] their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,Genesis 17:20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.Genesis 25:12-18Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
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