◄ Genesis 21:18 ►
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Good News Translation
Get up, go and pick him up, and comfort him. I will make a great nation out of his descendants."

New Revised Standard Version
Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.”

Contemporary English Version
Help him up and hold his hand, because I will make him the father of a great nation."

New American Bible
Get up, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand; for I will make of him a great nation.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.

I will.

Genesis 21:13 But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 16:10 And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 17:20 And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 25:12-18 These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him: . . .

1 Chronicles 1:29-31 And these are the generations of them. The firstborn of Ismahel, Nabajoth, then Cedar, and Adbeel, and Mabsam, . . .

Context
Sarah Turns Against Hagar
…17And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is. 18Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand, for I will make him a great nation.19And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink.…
Cross References
Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,

Genesis 16:10
And again he said: I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 17:20
And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 22:11
And behold, an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am.

Genesis 25:12
These are the generations of Ismael the son of Abraham, whom Agar the Egyptian, Sara's servant, bore unto him:

Genesis 21:17
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