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19 Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water.[a] She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink.

20 God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer. 21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran.[b] His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 21:19 tn Heb “And God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water.” The referent (Hagar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. Genesis 21:21 sn The wilderness of Paran is an area in the east central region of the Sinai peninsula, northeast from the traditional site of Mt. Sinai and with the Arabah and the Gulf of Aqaba as its eastern border.
  3. Genesis 21:21 tn Heb “And his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.”