Genesis 21:22

Verse Genesis 21:22. At that time] This may either refer to the transactions recorded in the preceding chapter, or to the time of Ishmael's marriage, but most probably to the former.

God is with thee] מימרא דיי melmera daiya, the WORD of Jehovah; see before, Genesis 15:1. That the Chaldee paraphrasts use this term, not for a word spoken, but in the same sense in which St. John uses the λογος του Θεου, the WORD of God, John 1:1, must be evident to every unprejudiced reader. Genesis 15:1.