Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 lad, and he grew and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother got him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 And it chanced, the same season, that Abimelech and Phicol his chief captain spake unto Abraham saying, "God is with thee in all that thou doest.
Cross References
Genesis 24:3-4
that I may make thee swear by the LORD that is God of heaven and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son, of the daughters of the Canaanites, among which I dwell.
Genesis 26:34-35
When Esau was forty years old, he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri, an Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon, an Hittite also,
Genesis 27:46-2
And Rebekah spake to Isaac, "I am weary of my life, for fear of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such one as these are, or of the daughters of the land, what lust should I have to live?"
Numbers 10:12
And the children of Israel took their journey out of the desert of Sinai, and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 12:16
And afterward they removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.
Numbers 13:3
And Moses, at the commandment of the LORD, sent forth out of the wilderness of Paran such men as were all heads among the children of Israel, whose names are these:
Numbers 13:26
And they went and came to Moses and Aaron and unto all the multitude of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran: even unto Kadesh, and brought them word and also unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
Judges 14:2
and came up and told his father and his mother, and said, "I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And now give her me to wife."
1 Samuel 25:1
And then Samuel died, and all Israel gathered together and lamented him, and buried him in his own house at Ramah. And David arose and gat him to the wilderness of Paran.
1 Corinthians 7:38
So then he that joineth his virgin in marriage doth well. But he that joineth not his virgin in marriage doth better.