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He livedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the wildernessבְּמִדְבַּרof Paran,פָּארָןand his motherאִמּוֹtookוַתִּקַּחfor himלוֹa wifeאִשָּׁהfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.מִצְרָיִם
Genesis 21:21
Study it in the app“He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 21:21, word by word
- He livedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the wildernessמִדְבַּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- of Paranפָּארָןparan
Paran
Paran, a desert region south of Canaan, in the Sinai.
Where else “paran” appears- and his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- tookתִּקַּחtikach
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “tikach” appears- a wifeאִשָּׁהisha
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isha” appears- from the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
20Elohim was with the boy, and he grew up and lived in the wilderness and became an archer.
21 · This verse (above)
22It happened at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “Elohim is with you in all that you do.
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?