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


In Context

15 And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife — thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name;

16 and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations — kings of peoples are from her.'

17 And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah — daughter of ninety years — bear?'

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

19 and God saith, 'Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.

20 As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become 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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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