Genesis 21:21

In 11 translations

BSB

And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

KJV

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

WEB

He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother got a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

ASV

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

LSV

and he dwells in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother takes for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

And he dwelt in the wilderness of Pharan, and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt.

GNV

And he dwelt in the wildernesse of Paran, and his mother tooke him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

JPS

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

LXXE

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

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר פָּארָ֑ן וַתִּֽקַּֽח־ל֥וֹ אִמּ֛וֹ אִשָּׁ֖ה מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κατῴκησεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ· καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτῷ ἡ μήτηρ γυναῖκα ἐκ Φαρὰν Αἰγύπτου.

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• Numbers 13:26and they went back to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation of Israel in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They brought back a report for the whole congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
• Numbers 12:16After that, the people set out from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.
• Numbers 13:3So at the consent of the LORD, Moses sent them out from the Wilderness of Paran. All the men were leaders of the Israelites,
• Genesis 26:34–35When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite. And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.
• Numbers 10:12and the Israelites set out from the Wilderness of Sinai, traveling from place to place until the cloud settled in the Wilderness of Paran.
• Genesis 27:46–28:2Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am weary of my life because of these Hittite women. If Jacob takes a Hittite wife from among them, what good is my life?”
• Judges 14:2So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”
• 1 Samuel 25:1When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out and went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
• 1 Corinthians 7:38So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.
• Genesis 24:3–4and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling, but will go to my country and my…

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