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Genesis 21:20
So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.
Genesis 21:20 · Geneva Bible
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Genesis 21:20 in other translations
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.
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In context
17 Then God heard the voyce of ye childe, and the Angel of God called to Hagar from heauen, and said vnto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? feare not, for God hath heard the voyce of the childe where he is.
18 Arise, take vp the childe, and holde him in thine hand: for I will make of him a great people.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she sawe a well of water. so she went and filled the bottell with water, and gaue the boy drinke.
20 So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
22 And at that same time Abimelech and Phichol his chief captaine spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.
23 Nowe therefore sweare vnto me here by God, that thou wilt not hurt me, nor my children, nor my childrens children: thou shalt deale with me, and with the countrey, where thou hast bene a stranger, according vnto the kindnesse that I haue shewed thee.
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