Genesis 21:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.”
Genesis 21:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Genesis 21:20 in 7 Bible Translations
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Genesis 21:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and as he grew up, he became an archer.”
Genesis 21:20 — World English Bible
Genesis 21:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer. ”
Genesis 21:20 — American Standard Version
Genesis 21:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer;”
Genesis 21:20 — Young's Literal Translation
Genesis 21:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“AndGod was with the lad, and he grew; and he dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. ”
Genesis 21:20 — Darby Translation
Genesis 21:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“So God was with the childe, and he grewe and dwelt in the wildernesse, and was an archer.”
Genesis 21:20 — Geneva Bible
Genesis 21:20 LS — The Living Sword (2024)
“And God was with the boy, and he grew, and he lived in the wilderness, and he became a bow-archer.”
Genesis 21:20 — The Living Sword
Genesis 21:20 in Context — Genesis 21
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.
22 And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
What Does Genesis 21:20 Mean?
Genesis 21:20 is a verse from the Book of Genesis, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Genesis chapter 21. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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