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Genesis 21:18
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 21:18 · King James Version
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Genesis 21:18 in other translations
Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your 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."
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In context
15 And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
17 And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
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