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Selected Verse: Genesis 21:20 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 21:20 |
King James |
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
God was with the lad, &c.--Paran (that is, Arabia), where his posterity has ever dwelt (compare Gen 16:12; also Isa 48:19; Pe1 1:25).
his mother took him a wife--On a father's death, the mother looks out for a wife for her son, however young; and as Ishmael was now virtually deprived of his father, his mother set about forming a marriage connection for him, it would seem, among her relatives. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Became an archer - And by his skill in this art, under the continual superintendence of the Divine Providence, (for God was with the lad), he was undoubtedly enabled to procure a sufficient supply for his own wants and those of his parent. |
25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
19 Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.