18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!


In Context

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

16 And 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.

17 Then 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?

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

19 And 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.

20 And 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.

Genesis 17:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said to God, "If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

17:18And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18Abraham said to God, |Oh that Ishmael might live before you!|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

17:18And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!