Genesis 21:20

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Genesis 21:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19 Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20 And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21 And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

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Genesis 17:20

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 28:15

Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”

Genesis 39:2

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 39:3

When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

Genesis 39:21

the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

Judges 6:12

And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”

Judges 13:24

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

Judges 13:25

And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Luke 1:80

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Luke 2:40

And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

Genesis 10:9

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; so it is said, “Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD.”

Genesis 16:12

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.”

Genesis 25:27

When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.

Genesis 27:3

Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.

Genesis 49:23

The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.

Genesis 49:24

Yet he steadied his bow, and his strong arms were tempered by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, in the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel,