Genesis 21:18
World English Bible (WEB)
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
In context
16 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with 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 container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
20 God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
Genesis 21:18 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
- KJV King James Version
- Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- YLT 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.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.