Genesis 21:21
“And hee dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran: and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”
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Genesis 21:21 Context
19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and shee went, and filled the bottle with water, and gaue the lad drinke. 20And God was with the lad, and he grew, and dwelt in the wildernesse, and became an archer. 21And hee dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran: and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22¶ And it came to passe at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his hoste spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest. 23Now therefore sweare vnto mee here by God, that thou wilt not deale falsly with me, nor with my sonne, nor with my sonnes sonne: but according to the kindnesse that I haue done vnto thee, thou shalt doe vnto me, and to the land wherein thou hast soiourned.
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And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- King James Version
He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
- Basic English Bible
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Darby Bible
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took for him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Webster's Bible
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.
- World English Bible
and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible