Genesis 21:18 “Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him…”

Genesis 21:18

Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

World English Bible

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

American Standard Version

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Geneva Bible 1599

Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.

Darby Translation

Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.

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Cross references

“I will”

Genesis 21:13 Genesis 16:10 Genesis 17:20 1 Chronicles 1:29–31 Genesis 25:12–18

Genesis 21:13 · BSB

But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 16:10 · BSB

Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

Genesis 17:20 · BSB

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

1 Chronicles 1:29–31 · BSB

These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Genesis 25:12–18 · BSB

This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

19Then 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.

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