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


In Context

15 God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.

16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Abraham fell facedown; 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?"

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

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.

20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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