Genesis 17:18

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then Abraham said to God, “I hope Ishmael will live and serve you.”

Cross References

Acts 2:39

This promise is for you. It is also for your children and for the people who are far away. It is for everyone the Lord our God calls to himself.”

Psalm 41:12

I was innocent and you supported me. You let me stand and serve you forever.

Psalm 4:6

Many people say, “I wish I could enjoy the good life. Lord, give us some of those blessings.”

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them the desire to be one, united people. They will have one goal—to worship me all their lives. They and their children will want to do this.

Isaiah 59:2

It is your sins that separate you from your God. He turns away from you when he sees them.

Genesis 4:14

You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.”

Genesis 4:12

Now when you work the soil, the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home in this land. You will wander from place to place.”

Genesis 17:17

Abraham bowed his face to the ground to show he respected God. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I cannot have a son, and Sarah is 90 years old. She cannot have a child.”

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, I said that your wife Sarah will have a son. You will name him Isaac. I will make my agreement with him that will continue forever with all his descendants.

Genesis 21:11

This upset Abraham very much. He was worried about his son Ishmael.