Genesis 17:18 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, ‘If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!’

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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."

Genesis 17:18 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 17:17

Abraham fell face down; he laughed and said to himself, ‘Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?’

Genesis 17:19

Then God said, ‘Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you will call him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 21:11

The matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son.

Genesis 4:12

When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.’

Genesis 4:14

Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.’

Psalm 4:6

Many, Lord, are asking, ‘Who will bring us prosperity?’ Let the light of your face shine on us.

Psalm 41:12

Because of my integrity you uphold me and set me in your presence for ever.

Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Jeremiah 32:39

I will give them singleness of heart and action, so that they will always fear me and that all will then go well for them and for their children after them.

Acts 2:39

The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off – for all whom the Lord our God will call.’