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Elohimאֱלֹהִיםwasוַיְהִיwith the boy,אֶת הַנַּעַרand he grew upוַיִּגְדָּלand livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרand becameוַיְהִיan archer.רֹבֶה קַשָּׁת
Genesis 21:20
Study it in the app“Elohim was with the boy, and he grew up and lived in the wilderness and became an archer.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:20, word by word
- Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- wasיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- with the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- and he grew upיִּגְדָּלyigdal
grow up
To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.
Where else “yigdal” appears- and livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- an archerרֹבֶהrove
General meaning: Multiply, increase.
Where else “rove” appears- an archerקַשָּׁתkashat
archer
Archer, bowman.
Where else “kashat” appears
The context
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.
20 · This verse (above)
21He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
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?