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


In Context

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.

23 Now swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or my descendants. Show to me and the country where you are living as an alien the same kindness I have shown to you."

Genesis 21:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

21:21He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

21:21and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

21:21And he dwelled in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.