Genesis 16:12 - Scripture Study Tools and Resources

Genesis 16:12

12 And he will be a ^awild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Footnotes ?

a HEB wild ass (metaphorical here for freedom-loving; probably a nomad).

a Gen. 21:20

20 And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an ^aarcher.

a Moses 6:38

38 And they came forth to hear him, upon the high places, saying unto the tent-keepers: Tarry ye here and keep the tents, while we go yonder to behold the seer, for he prophesieth, and there is a strange thing in the land; a ^bwild man hath come among us.

Incoming Footnotes ?

Citation ?

Joseph W. Sitati, GC, Oct. 2009 (Gen. 16:1-16)

Citation - Bible Dictionary ?

Ishmael (Gen. 16:11-16)

Ishmael (Gen. 16:12)

Word Frequency ?


This Verse	Nearby Verses		This Chapter

WORD		QTY
abram		12
sarai		9
said		9
lord		8
hagar		7
maid		5
when		4
bare		4
angel		4
name		4
behold		4
will		3
mistress		3
hand		3
ishmael		3
son		3
conceived		3
man		3
called		3
wife		3
against		2
every		2
face		2
between		2
eyes		2
despised		2
saw		2
now		2
fountain		2
may		2
go		2
children		2
years		2
egyptian		2
after		2
heard		1
dwell		1
handmaid		1
wild		1
affliction		1
canaan		1
because		1
presence		1
call		1
bearing		1
bear		1
child		1
art		1
multitude		1
restrained		1
brethren		1
all		1
well		1
six		1
fourscore		1
bered		1
kadesh		1
roi		1
lahai		1
beer		1
wherefore		1
not		1
seeth		1
looked		1
here		1
also		1
seest		1
god		1
spake		1
no		1
numbered		1
multiply		1
exceedingly		1
given		1
pleaseth		1
as		1
hearkened		1
voice		1
judge		1
bosom		1
into		1
upon		1
hardly		1
wrong		1
took		1
dwelt		1
ten		1
land		1
went		1
husband		1
dealt		1
fled		1
seed		1
wilt		1
gave		1
pray		1
hands		1
under		1
submit		1
return		1
flee		1
whither		1
obtain		1
camest		1
whence		1
shur		1
way		1
wilderness		1
water		1
found		1
old		1

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2 Kgs. 4:39 (2/1)
Job 39:5 (2/1)
Isa. 34:14 (2/1)
Jer. 50:39 (2/1)
1 Ne. 18:25 (2/1)
Mosiah 17:17 (2/1)
4 Ne. 1:33 (2/1)
Isa. 13:21-22 (2/2)
2 Ne. 23:21-22 (2/2)
Jacob 5:9-10 (2/2)
Jacob 5:45-46 (2/2)
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