cry of the boy where he is. 18. Come, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him." 19. Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went to drink and filled the skin with water, and let the boy drink. 20. God was with the boy and he grew up' he dwelt in the wilderness and became a bowman. 21. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt. Jewish Publication Society Hebrew-English Tanakh (JPS). (Other versions compared: The Jerusalem Bible (JB), the Revised English Bible (REB), and the Contemporary English Version (CEV)Text Variations1: With the exception of the JB, which uses the spelling "Sara", all others use "Sarah". JPS uses "the LORD took note of Sarah", "promised", and "did for Sarah", while the JB uses "visited", "said", and "spoken". The REB uses, "showed favour", "promised", and "made good". The CEV uses the simple, "was good to" and "kept his promise". 2: JB uses Avraham; all others use Abraham. All use "bore a son", except for CEV, which uses "had a son". Both the JPS and the JB use "at the set time" while the REB uses "at the time foretold by God", and the CEV uses "exactly at the time God had said". 3: JB uses Yizhaq; all others use Isaac. JB uses, "called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sara had bore to him", while the JPS has, "gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of". REB shortens this to, "the son whom Sarah bore to him Abraham named". CEV simplifies this more to, "Abraham named his son". 4: JB, JPS, and CEV use "commanded", while REB uses "decreed by". JB uses "being"; all others use "when". 5: JPS and JB use "born to him"; REB and CEV use "born". 6: JB uses, "has made laughter for me", JPS uses, "has brought me laughter", CEV uses "has made me laugh" and REV has used "given me good reason to laugh". 7: REB and JPS both use "would suckle children", while the JB u...
