18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.


In Context

15 And the water in the bottle was spent, 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 look upon the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lifted 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 thy 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 he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

Genesis 21:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:18rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation.