Genesis 21:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him fast with your hand; for I will make him a great nation.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ Arise, raise up the youth and support him with your hand, for I intend to make him a great nation.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Get up, pick up the boy, and take him by the hand because I will make of him a great nation.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:18 Cross References

Genesis 16:10

The angel of the Lord also said to her, “I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him and make him fruitful and multiply him exceedingly; he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

And I will make a nation of the son of the slave woman also, because he is your offspring.”

Genesis 22:11

But the angel of the Lord called to him from heaven, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” And he said, “Here am I.”