Genesis 21:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

A wife out of the land of Egypt. — However natural this might be on Hagar’s part, it would never theless strengthen the heathen element in Ishmael and his descendants. We find, nevertheless, that he was subsequently on friendly terms with Isaac (Genesis 25:9; Genesis 28:8-9). For Paran, see Genesis 14:6.

Genesis 21:21

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