Bereshit (Genesis) Chapter 21

18Rise, lift up the boy, and grasp him with your hand, for I will make of him a great nation.”   יחק֚וּמִי שְׂאִ֣י אֶת־הַנַּ֔עַר וְהַֽחֲזִ֥יקִי אֶת־יָדֵ֖ךְ בּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל אֲשִׂימֶֽנּוּ:
19God then opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the leather flask with water and gave the boy to drink.   יטוַיִּפְקַ֤ח אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־עֵינֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֖רֶא בְּאֵ֣ר מָ֑יִם וַתֵּ֜לֶךְ וַתְּמַלֵּ֤א אֶת־הַחֵ֨מֶת֙ מַ֔יִם וַתַּ֖שְׁקְ אֶת־הַנָּֽעַר:
20God was with the boy and he grew up; he lived in the desert and became an archer, robbing travelers.   כוַיְהִ֧י אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הַנַּ֖עַר וַיִּגְדָּ֑ל וַיֵּ֨שֶׁב֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר וַיְהִ֖י רֹבֶ֥ה קַשָּֽׁת:
רֹבֶה קַשָּֽׁת - means one who shoots arrows with a bow.   רֹבֶה קַשָּֽׁת.  יוֹרֶה חִצִּים בְּקֶשֶׁת:
קַשָּֽׁת - refers to the trade (a bowman), like חַמָּר (a donkey driver), גַּמָּל (a camel driver), צַיָּד (a hunter), and therefore the ש has a dagesh. He would live in the desert and rob travelers. Thus it says concerning him: “His hand will be set against everyone….” 1   קַשָּֽׁת.  עַל שֵׁם הָאֻמָּנוּת, כְּמוֹ חַמָּר, גַּמָּל, צַיָּד, לְפִיכָך הַשִּׁי"ן מֻדְגֶּשֶׁת. הָיָה יוֹשֵׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וּמְלַסְטֵם אֶת הָעוֹבְרִים, הוּא שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר יָדוֹ בַכֹּל וְגוֹמֵר:
21He settled in the Paran Desert, and his mother took him a wife from among the girls of Egypt.   כאוַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּמִדְבַּ֣ר פָּארָ֑ן וַתִּקַּח־ל֥וֹ אִמּ֛וֹ אִשָּׁ֖ה מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם:
מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם - From Egypt. From the place where she grew up, as it says: “Sarai had an Egyptian bondwoman whose name was Hagar.” 2 That is the proverb people say: “Throw a stick into the air and it will fall to its root.”   מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם.  מִמְּקוֹם גִּדּוּלֶיהָ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְלָהּ שִׁפְחָה מִצְרִית וְגוֹ' (בראשית ט״ז:א׳), הַיְנוּ דְּאָמְרִי אִינָשֵׁי זְרֹק חוּטְרָא לַאֲוִירָא, אֲעִיקְּרֵיהּ קָאֵי: