Genesis 17:18

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 17:18

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Berean Standard Bible

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Genesis 17

¹⁶ And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

¹⁷ Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

¹⁸ And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

¹⁹ But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

²⁰ As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

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