Genesis 17:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!””
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BSBPD
“And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Genesis 17:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 4:12When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 4:14Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”
- Genesis 21:11Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
- Psalms 4:6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
- Psalms 41:12In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.
- Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”
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