Genesis 17:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ Then Abraham said to God, “I hope Ishmael will live and serve 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 bowed his face to the ground {to show he respected God}. But he laughed and said to himself, “I am 100 years old. I can’t have a son. And Sarah is 90 years old. She can’t have a child.”

Genesis 17:19

God said, “No! I said that your wife Sarah will have a son. You will name him Isaac. [100] I will make my agreement with him. That agreement will be an agreement that continues forever with all his descendants. [101]

Genesis 21:11

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

Genesis 4:12

In the past, {you planted, and your plants grew well. But now} you will plant, and the ground will not help your plants grow. You will not have a home on the earth. You will wander from place to place.”

Genesis 4:14

Look, you are forcing me to leave my land. I won’t be able to see you or be near you! I won’t have a home! I will be forced to wander from place to place on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.”

Psalm 4:6

Many people say,\par “Who will show us \{God’s\} goodness?\par Lord, let us see your shining face!”\par

Psalm 41:12

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

Isaiah 59:2

But your sins separate you from your God. The Lord sees your sins, and he turns away from you.

Jeremiah 32:39

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

Acts 2:39

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