20God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.


In Context

17 God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

18 Lift the boy up 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.

20 God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became an archer.

21 While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do.

Genesis 21:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:20and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelled in the wilderness, and became an archer.