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Genesis 21:18 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

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

Genesis 21:18

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16 She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.

17 God heard the voice of the boy. The angel of God called to Hagar out of the sky, and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Don’t be afraid. For God has heard the voice of the boy where he is.

18 Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”

19 God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.

20 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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Genesis 21:1

"The LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken."

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"Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him."

Genesis 21:3

"Abraham called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac."

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