Genesis 17:18 - Revised Standard Version

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!”

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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 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 17:17

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasing covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 21:11

And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

Genesis 4:12

When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Genesis 4:14

Behold, thou hast driven me this day away from the ground; and from thy face I shall be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will slay me.”

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Lift up the light of thy countenance upon us, O Lord!”

Psalm 41:12

But thou hast upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in thy presence for ever.

Isaiah 59:2

but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he does not hear.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is to you and to your children and to all that are far off, every one whom the Lord our God calls to him.”