Genesis 17:18

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, saying in his heart: Shall a son, thinkest thou, be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sara that is ninety years old bring forth?

19And God said to Abraham: Sara thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him for a perpetual covenant, and with his seed after him.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:14Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy face, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: everyone, therefore, that findeth me, shall kill me.

Psalms 4:6Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things?

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

Acts 2:39For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are far off, whomsoever the Lord our God shall 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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