Genesis 17:18

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

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?

19And God said, No, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shall call his name Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:14Behold, thou have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. And it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.

Psalms 4:6Many there are who say, Who will show us good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you so that he will not hear.

Acts 2:39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those in afar, as many as Lord our God may call.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 17:16-23

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 give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people 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, O that Ishmael might live before thee!… Read the whole commentary →

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