²⁰ And God was with the boy, and he became tall and strong, and he became a bowman, living in the waste land.

²¹ But the Lord was with Joseph, and was good to him, and made the keeper of the prison his friend.

¹⁵ And truly, I will be with you, and will keep you wherever you go, guiding you back again to this land; and I will not give you up till I have done what I have said to you.

² And the Lord was with Joseph, and he did well; and he was living in the house of his master the Egyptian.

³ And his master saw that the Lord was with him, making everything he did go well.

¹² And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

⁴⁰ And the child became tall and strong and full of wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

⁸⁰ And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.

²⁴ So the woman gave birth to a son, and gave him the name Samson; and he became a man and the blessing of the Lord was on him.

²⁵ And the spirit of the Lord first came on him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

¹² And the angel of the Lord came before his eyes, and said to him, The Lord is with you, O man of war.

²³ He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

²⁴ But their bows were broken by a strong one, and the cords of their arms were cut by the Strength of Jacob, by the name of the Stone of Israel:

³ So take your arrows and your bow and go out to the field and get meat for me;

²⁷ And the boys came to full growth; and Esau became a man of the open country, an expert bowman; but Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents.

²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

⁹ He was a very great bowman, so that there is a saying, Like Nimrod, a very great bowman.