Genesis 17:18 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ So Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael were acceptable  to you! ’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And [he] said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

Common English Bible

¹⁸ To God Abraham said, “If only you would accept Ishmael!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And he said to God, "If only Ishmael would live in your sight."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

Genesis 17:18 Tagairtí Cros

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.’