Genesis 21:22

At that time - This may either refer to the transactions recorded in the preceding chapter, or to the time of Ishmael's marriage, but most probably to the former.

God is with thee - דיי מימרא meimera daiya , the Word of Jehovah; see before, Genesis 15:1 . That the Chaldee paraphrasts use this term, not for a word spoken, but in the same sense in which St. John uses the λογος του Θεου , the Word of God, ( John 1:1 ;), must be evident to every unprejudiced reader. See on Genesis 15:1 ; (note).