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Get up,קוּמִיlift upשְׂאִיthe boy,אֶת הַנַּעַרand holdוְהַחֲזִיקִיhimבּוֹwith your hand,אֶת יָדֵךְforכִּיI will make himאֲשִׂימֶנּוּa greatגָּדוֹלnation.”לְגוֹי
Genesis 21:18
Study it in the app“Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him with your hand, for I will make him a great nation.””
Hagar and her son, sent away into the wilderness, are heard by GodLoneliness
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:18, word by word
- Get upקוּמִיkumi
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “kumi” appears- lift upשְׂאִיsei
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “sei” appears- the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- and holdהַחֲזִיקִיhachaziki
seize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “hachaziki” appears- with your handיָדֵyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- I will make himאֲשִׂימֶasime
make
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “asime” appears- a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- nationגוֹיgoy
nation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appears
The context
17Elohim heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of Elohim called to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for Elohim has heard the voice of the boy where he is.
18 · This verse (above)
19Then Elohim opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water and gave a drink to the boy.
To study Genesis 21 in a group
1. What it says
What happened when Isaac was born, and what did Sarah say (vv. 1-7)?
2. What it means
What does it show about Elohim’s care that he heard the voice of the boy in the wilderness (vv. 17-19)?
3. How I live it
Whom that seems to be pushed aside can you give time and attention today?