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Genesis Chapter 21 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand. For I will make him a great nation.
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BBE Genesis 21:18

Come, take your child in your arms, for I will make of him a great nation.
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DARBY Genesis 21:18

Arise, take the lad, and hold him in thy hand; for I will make of him a great nation.
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KJV Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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WBT Genesis 21:18

Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thy hand: for I will make him a great nation.
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WEB Genesis 21:18

Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation."
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YLT Genesis 21:18

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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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand. Literally, bind fast ray hand to him, i.e. give him thy support now, and take cars of him till he reaches manhood. Cf. God's promise to Israel (Isaiah 42:6). For I will make him (literally, to) a great nation (vide Ver. 13; and cf. Genesis 16:10; Genesis 17:20).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Hold him in thine hand.--Literally, strengthen thine hand in him, hold him firmly. As Jerome remarks, the boy thus going hand in hand with his mother must have been her companion in her journey, and not a burden upon her shoulder. We must add that the words do not refer to what she was to do immediately, but to the future. She was not simply to lead him to the water, but to be his brave and faithful protector, such as we learn that she really became.