genesis 21:20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.

genesis 21:20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

20, 21. God was with the lad, &c.--Paran (that is, Arabia), where his posterity has ever dwelt (compare Ge 16:12; also Isa 48:19; 1Pe 1:25).
his mother took him a wife--On a father's death, the mother looks out for a wife for her son, however young; and as Ishmael was now virtually deprived of his father, his mother set about forming a marriage connection for him, it would seem, among her relatives.

genesis 21:20 And God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness, and became an archer.

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