en_tn/gen/21/20.md

# God was with the lad

Here the phrase "was with" is an idiom that means God helped or blessed the boy. Alternate translation: "God guided the boy" or "God blessed the boy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])

# became an archer

"became very skilled at using a bow and arrows"
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# God was with the lad`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here the phrase "was with" is an idiom that means God helped or blessed the boy. Alternate translation: "God guided the boy" or "God blessed the boy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# became an archer`

			`"became very skilled at using a bow and arrows"`