King James Version
Genesis 21:18 in the King James Version says “Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.”
Genesis 21:18 · KJV
And 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.
And 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.
Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
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.
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer .
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“lift up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the lad”
H5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latit
“and hold”
H2388to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restra
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“him in thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
“for I will make”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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