Genesis 17:18

Abraham [Father of a multitude] said to God, “Oh that Ishmael [Pays attention God] might live before you!”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

17Then Abraham [Father of a multitude] fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah [Princess], who is ninety years old, give birth?”

19God said, “No, but Sarah [Princess], your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac [Laughter]. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties· for his offspring after him. + 17:19. Quoted in Luke 1:55

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Cross References

Genesis 4:14Behold, you have divorced and driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

Psalms 4:6Many say, “Who will show us any good?” 2 Adonai, let the light of your face shine on us. 1

Isaiah 59:2But your depravities (moral evils) have separated you and your God, 2 and your habitual sins ·missing the marks· have hidden his face from you, 2 so that he will not sh'ma ·hear obey·. 1

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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