Genesis 21:18
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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:

Lexicon
Arise,
ק֚וּמִי (qū·mî)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

lift up
שְׂאִ֣י (śə·’î)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

the boy
הַנַּ֔עַר (han·na·‘ar)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5288: A boy, lad, youth, retainer

and take him
וְהַחֲזִ֥יקִי (wə·ha·ḥă·zî·qî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

by the hand,
יָדֵ֖ךְ (yā·ḏêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I will make him
אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ׃ (’ă·śî·men·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

into a great
גָּד֖וֹל (gā·ḏō·wl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

nation.”
לְג֥וֹי (lə·ḡō·w)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts


Additional Translations
Arise, lift up the boy and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.

Rise up, and take the child, and hold him in thine hand, for I will make him a great nation.

Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."

rise, lift up the youth, and lay hold on him with thy hand, for for a great nation I set him.'
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