Scripture · Old Testament
Genesis 16:12
Genesis 16:12 is verse 12 of Genesis chapter 16, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposed to all of his brothers.”
Read in context
Genesis 16:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
13 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.
Read all of Genesis 16Hebrew words
Data created by STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Study Genesis 16:12
Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 21:20And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
Job 39:6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Job 39:8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
Genesis 27:40You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.