Genesis 21:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.””
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“Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 21:18 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:10Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- Genesis 17:20As 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.
- Genesis 21:13But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”
- Genesis 25:12This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- 1 Chronicles 1:29These are their genealogies:
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