Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Genesis 21:21

Genesis 21:21

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

a. NLT: and he settled in the wilderness of Paran. His mother arranged for him to marry a woman from the land of Egypt.

b. NIV: While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt.

c. YLT: and he dwelleth in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother taketh for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

d. Amplified Bible: He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

e. Septuagint: And he dwelt in the wilderness, and his mother took him a wife out of Pharan of Egypt.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: He lived in the desert of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

1. “And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran…”

a. and he dwelt [3427 * yashab] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry:--(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.]

b. in the wilderness [4057 * midbar] [Strong: from 1696 in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs):--desert, south, speech, wilderness.]

c. of Paran [6290 * Pa'ran] [Strong: from 6286; ornamental; Paran, a desert of Arabia:--Paran.]

1). Some sources locate Paran in the Southwest Sinai peninsula, while others locate it in Saudi Arabia. We have to know that the beginning of the trek started in Beersheba which is about 25 miles southwest of Hebron. It is most likely that the Paran of which this verse is referring to is southwest of Beersheba not southeast in Saudi Arabia, especially since Hagar got him a wife out of Egypt.

2. “…and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”

a. and his mother [517 * 'em] [Strong: a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1):--dam, mother, X parting.]

b. took him [3947 * laqach] [Strong: a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications):--accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.]

c. a wife [802 *  'ishshah] [Strong: feminine of 376 or 582; irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.]

d. out of the land [776 * 'erets] [Strong: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.]

e. of Egypt [4714 * Mitsrayim] [Strong: dual of 4693; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt:--Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.]


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