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


In Context

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

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

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

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

22 It happened at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham, saying, |God is with you in all that you do.

23 Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will 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 you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.|

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 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 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.