Genesis 17:18 - New Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live in your sight!”

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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

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

Genesis 17:19

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

Genesis 21:11

The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son.

Genesis 4:12

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

Genesis 4:14

Today you have driven me away from the soil, and I shall be hidden from your face; I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and anyone who meets me may kill me.”

Psalm 4:6

There are many who say, “O that we might see some good! Let the light of your face shine on us, O Lord!”

Psalm 41:12

But you have upheld me because of my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Isaiah 59:2

Rather, your iniquities have been barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden 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 all time, for their own good and the good of their children after them.

Acts 2:39

For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him.”