Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife 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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he lived in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took a wife for him from 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.
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
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Laqach
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 21:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Hagar And Ishmael
20 and God is with the youth, and he groweth, and dwelleth in the wilderness, and is an archer; 21 and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt. 22 And it cometh to pass at that time that Abimelech speaketh -- Phichol also, head of his host -- unto Abraham, saying, 'God is with thee in all that thou art doing;
Cross References
Genesis 24:3-4
and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;
Genesis 26:34-35
And Esau is a son of forty years, and he taketh a wife, Judith, daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath, daughter of Elon the Hittite,
Genesis 27:46-2
And Rebekah saith unto Isaac, 'I have been disgusted with my life because of the presence of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, like these -- from the daughters of the land -- why do I live?'
Numbers 10:12
and the sons of Israel journey in their journeyings from the wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud doth tabernacle in the wilderness of Paran;
Numbers 12:16
and afterwards have the people journeyed from Hazeroth, and they encamp in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
And Moses sendeth them from the wilderness of Paran by the command of Jehovah; all of them are men, heads of the sons of Israel they are,
Numbers 13:26
And they go and come in unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company of the sons of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and they bring them and all the company back word, and shew them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, 'A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'
1 Samuel 25:1
And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth and goeth down unto the wilderness of Paran.
1 Corinthians 7:38
so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.