Genesis 21:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 39:21 : 21 But the LORD was with Joseph, and shewed him mercy, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
  • Gen 28:15 : 15 And, behold, I [am] with thee, and will keep thee in all [places] whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done [that] which I have spoken to thee of.
  • Gen 39:2-3 : 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD [was] with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
  • Gen 16:12 : 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
  • Gen 17:20 : 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.
  • Gen 25:27 : 27 And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.
  • Gen 27:3 : 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me [some] venison;
  • Gen 49:23-24 : 23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him: 24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
  • Judg 6:12 : 12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD [is] with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
  • Judg 13:24-25 : 24 ¶ And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
  • Luke 2:40 : 40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
  • Gen 10:9 : 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 21:21
    80%

    21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 21:14-19
    6 verses
    77%

    14¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

    15And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.

    16And she went, and sat her down over against [him] a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against [him], and lift up her voice, and wept.

    17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he [is].

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

    19And 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.

  • Gen 25:27
    71%

    27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob [was] a plain man, dwelling in tents.

  • 1 Sam 20:35-37
    3 verses
    69%

    35¶ And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him.

    36And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. [And] as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.

    37And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond thee?

  • Gen 49:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot [at him], and hated him:

    24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)

  • 1 Sam 20:20-22
    3 verses
    68%

    20And I will shoot three arrows on the side [thereof], as though I shot at a mark.

    21And, behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows [are] on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for [there is] peace to thee, and no hurt; [as] the LORD liveth.

    22But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.

  • 2 Kgs 4:18
    68%

    18¶ And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers.

  • Gen 21:8
    67%

    8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the [same] day that Isaac was weaned.

  • Gen 28:3
    67%

    3And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people;

  • Gen 21:5
    67%

    5And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him.

  • Gen 21:2
    67%

    2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.

  • Gen 16:12
    67%

    12And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

  • Deut 32:10
    67%

    10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

  • Exod 2:22
    66%

    22And she bare [him] a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.

  • Gen 16:7
    66%

    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.

  • Gen 26:13
    66%

    13And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: