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


In Context

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 dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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

22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

23 Now therefore swear to me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done to thee, thou shalt do to me, and to the land in which thou hast sojourned.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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