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


In Context

15 And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there.

16 And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept.

17 And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is.

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

19 And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.

20 And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, 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 American Standard Version 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 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.