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Genesis 17:18

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 17:18 in other translations

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

Genesis 17:18 · World English Bible

Genesis 17:18 in context

  1. 16And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her.
  2. 17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
  3. 18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
  4. 19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
  5. 20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.