Genesis 17:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

So Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael were acceptable  to you! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And [he] said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!

American Standard Version (1901)

And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

Common English Bible

To God Abraham said, “If only you would accept Ishmael!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said to God, "If only Ishmael would live in your sight."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

Genesis 17:18 Cross References

Genesis 17:17

Abraham fell face down. Then he laughed  and said to himself, ‘Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth? ’

Genesis 17:19

But God said, ‘No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac.  I will confirm my covenant with him as a permanent covenant for his future offspring.

Genesis 21:11

This was very distressing to  Abraham because of his son.

Genesis 4:12

If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’

Genesis 4:14

Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.’

Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities  are separating you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not listen.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them integrity of heart  and action  so that they will fear me always, for their good and for the good of their descendants after them.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off,  as many as the Lord our God will call.’