Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Holman Bible
He settled in the Wilderness of Paran, and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
International Standard Version
Later he settled in the desert area of Paran, and his mother chose a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
A Conservative Version
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
American Standard Version
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Amplified
He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
Bible in Basic English
And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
Darby Translation
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will dwell in the desert Paran: and his mother will take to him a wife from the land of Egypt
King James 2000
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Modern King James verseion
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother got him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
NET Bible
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
New Heart English Bible
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
The Emphasized Bible
And he dwelt in the desert of Paran, - and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
Webster
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
World English Bible
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
Themes
Deserts » Mentioned in scripture » Paran
Deserts » Inhabited by wandering tribes
Egypt » Inhabitants of » Often intermarried with strangers
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » A man of the desert
Ishmael » Son of abraham » Sent away by abraham
Man » Woman formed to be a help for
Marriage » Parents contract for their children » Hagar selects a wife for ishmael
Paran » Desert or wilderness of
Rulers' » Instances of » Abraham
Women » Instances of » Sarah, in her jealousy and malice toward hagar
Interlinear
Yashab
Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 21:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And Ishmael
20 And God was with the boy, and he grew and lived in the wilderness. And he became {an expert with a bow}. 21 And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. 22 And it happened [that] at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God [is] with you, in all that you do.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3-4
that I may make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose midst I am dwelling,
Genesis 26:34-35
And [when] Esau was forty years old he took as wife Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite.
Genesis 27:46-2
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I loathe my life because of the Hittite women. If Jacob takes a wife from Hittite women like these, from the {native women}, {what am I living for}?"
Numbers 10:12
And the {Israelites} set out for their journey from the desert of Sinai, and the cloud dwelled in the desert of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
And afterward the people set out from Hazeroth, and they encamped in the desert of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
So Moses sent them from the desert of Paran on the command of Yahweh; all of the men [were] {leaders} of the {Israelites}.
Numbers 13:26
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to the entire community of the {Israelites} in the desert of Paran at Kadesh; they brought back word to them and [to] all the community, and they showed them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
He went up and told his father and mother, and he said, "I saw a woman in Timnah from the daughters of [the] Philistines; so then, take her for me as a wife."
1 Samuel 25:1
Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him. They buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, and the one who does not marry [her] will do better.