ויהי אלהים. השגחת ה' היה עליו שיגדל, והצילו מסכנת המדבר וחיות רעות,וישב במדבר, נתקיים בו מ"ש והוא יהיה פרא אדם שהיה מדברי. ויהי רבה קשת, ונתקיים מ"ש ידו בכל וכו'. ישב במדבר פארן, ונתקיים מ"ש ועל פני כל אחיו ישכון, שנד ממדבר למדבר וטבע השורש נשתל אח"כ בבניו.ותקח לו אמו אשה מארץ מצרים, כל עורב למינו: And God was with: He had God's providence over him, so that he would grow, and He saved him from the danger of the wilderness and from bad animals. "And he dwelled in the wilderness," fulfilling that which was written (Genesis 16:12), "And he will be a wild man," as he was a man of the wilderness. "And he was an archer" - so that which was written, "and his hand will be against all," was fulfilled. "He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran" (Genesis 21:21) - so that which was written, "and in the presence of all his brothers shall he reside," was fulfilled; as he would wander from one wilderness to another wilderness. And the nature of [this] root was implanted afterwards in his children. And his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt: 'Every raven [sticks] to its type.'