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


In Context

18 rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'

19 And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle with water, and causeth the youth to drink;

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

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

22 And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh — Phichol also, head of his host — unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou art doing;

23 and now, swear to me by God here: thou dost not lie to me, or to my continuator, or to my successor; according to the kindness which I have done with thee thou dost with me, and with 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 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 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.