Genesis 17:18

Good News Translation (US Version)

He asked God, “Why not let Ishmael be my heir?”

Cross References

Acts 2:39

For God's promise was made to you and your children, and to all who are far away—all whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Psalm 41:12

You will help me, because I do what is right; you will keep me in your presence forever.

Psalm 4:6

There are many who pray: “Give us more blessings, O Lord. Look on us with kindness!”

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them a single purpose in life: to honor me for all time, for their own good and the good of their descendants.

Isaiah 59:2

It is because of your sins that he doesn't hear you. It is your sins that separate you from God when you try to worship him.

Genesis 4:14

You are driving me off the land and away from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth, and anyone who finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 4:12

If you try to grow crops, the soil will not produce anything; you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed down with his face touching the ground, but he began to laugh when he thought, “Can a man have a child when he is a hundred years old? Can Sarah have a child at ninety?”

Genesis 17:19

But God said, “No. Your wife Sarah will bear you a son and you will name him Isaac. I will keep my covenant with him and with his descendants forever. It is an everlasting covenant.

Genesis 21:11

This troubled Abraham very much, because Ishmael also was his son.