Genesis 17:18

In 11 translations

BSB

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

And Abraham says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”;

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

And Abraham saide vnto God, Oh, that Ishmael might liue in thy sight.

JPS

And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!'

LXXE

And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל־הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Εἶπε δὲ Ἁβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν· Ἰσμαὴλ οὗτος ζήτω ἐναντίον σου.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.”
• 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.
• 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 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.”
• 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.

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