Genesis 21:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine 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

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

Genesis 16:7

And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

Genesis 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:13

And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.

Genesis 22:11

And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.