Vertaling Bijbel, Kanttekeningen SV, [], En [28]God was met den jongen; en hij werd groot, en hij woonde in de woestijn, en werd [29]een boogschutter. 28. God was hem gunstig, en zegende hem naar den inhoud zijner belofte, zoveel het tijdelijke betreft. Verg. ond. de aant. op vs.22 29. Hebr. een schietende boogschutter. Dat is, een kloek jager en krijgsman. Zie boven, hfdst.16 vs.12.
Keil & Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament, [], Gen_21:20-21 Having been miraculously saved from perishing by the angel of God, Ishmael grew up under the protection of God, settled in the wilderness of Paran, and "became as he grew up an archer." Although preceded by יגדּל, the רבה is not tautological; and there is no reason for attributing to it the meaning of "archer," in which sense רבב alone occurs in the one passage Gen_49:23. The desert of Paran is the present large desert of et-Tih, which stretches along the southern border of Canaan, from the western fringe of the Arabah, towards the east to the desert of Shur (Jifar), on the frontier of Egypt, and extends southwards to the promontories of the mountains of Horeb (vid., Num_10:12). On the northern edge of this desert was Beersheba (proleptically so called in Gen_21:14), to which Abraham had removed from Gerar; so that in all probability Hagar and Ishmael were sent away from his abode there, and wandered about in the surrounding desert, till Hagar was afraid that they should perish with thirst. Lastly, in preparation for Gen_25:12-18, it is mentioned in Gen_21:21 that Ishmael married a wife out of Egypt.