Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy as he grew up. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And God was with the lad, and he grew and lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
And God was wyth the lad and he grewe and dweld in the wildernesse and became an archer.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And God was with the childe, which grew vp, and dwelt in ye wildernes, and became a connynge archer,
Geneva Bible (1560)
So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And God was with the lad, and he grewe, and dwelt in the wyldernesse, and became a principall archer.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
Webster's Bible (1833)
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;
American Standard Version (1901)
And God was with the lad, and he grew. And he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
American Standard Version (1901)
And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.
World English Bible (2000)
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
Referenced Verses
- Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him kindness, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.
- Gen 28:15 : 15 Look, I am with you, and I will guard you wherever you go. I will bring you back to this land, because I will not leave you until I have done everything I promised you.
- Gen 39:2-3 : 2 The LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the house of his Egyptian master. 3 His master saw that the LORD was with him and that the LORD gave him success in everything he did.
- Gen 16:12 : 12 He will be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
- Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him; I will make him fruitful and greatly multiply his descendants. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- Gen 25:27 : 27 The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.
- Gen 27:3 : 3 Now then, please take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me.
- Gen 49:23-24 : 23 With bitterness, archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility. 24 But his bow remained steady, and his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
- Judg 6:12 : 12 The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, 'The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.'
- Judg 13:24-25 : 24 The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him. 25 The Spirit of the Lord began to stir him while he was in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
- Luke 1:80 : 80 The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
- Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
- Gen 10:9 : 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore, it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD."
Similar Verses (AI)
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21While living in the wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.
- Gen 21:14-196 verses77%
14Early in the morning, Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He set them on her shoulder, along with the boy, and sent her away. She departed and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15When the water in the skin was gone, she placed the boy under one of the bushes.
16Then she went and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said to herself, 'I cannot watch the boy die.' And as she sat there, she began to weep loudly.
17God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, 'What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid. God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
18Lift the boy up and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.'
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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27The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open country, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed among the tents.
- 1 Sam 20:35-373 verses69%
35In the morning, Jonathan went out to the field to meet David at the appointed time, and he took a young boy with him.
36He said to his boy, 'Run and find the arrows I shoot.' As the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.
37When the boy came to the place where Jonathan's arrow had fallen, Jonathan called out after him, 'Isn’t the arrow beyond you?'
- Gen 49:23-242 verses68%
23With bitterness, archers attacked him; they shot at him with hostility.
24But his bow remained steady, and his strong arms stayed limber, because of the hand of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel.
- 1 Sam 20:20-223 verses68%
20I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I were aiming at a target.
21Then I will send a boy and say, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I say to him, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you, bring them here,' then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, there is peace for you and no harm.
22But if I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are beyond you,' then go, because the LORD has sent you away.
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18The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers.
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8The child grew and was weaned, and on the day Isaac was weaned, Abraham held a great feast.
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3May God Almighty bless you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, so that you become a community of peoples.
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5Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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2Sarah became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time God had promised him.
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12He will be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
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10He found him in a desolate land, in a barren wasteland with howling winds. He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the apple of His eye.
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22She gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, 'I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.'
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7The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
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13The man became rich, and his wealth continued to grow until he became very wealthy.