Genesis 17:18 “And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessin…”

Genesis 17:18

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

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Cross references

“O that”

Acts 2:39 Jeremiah 32:39

Acts 2:39 · BSB

This 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.”

Jeremiah 32:39 · BSB

I 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.

“before”

Psalm 4:6 Psalm 41:12 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 4:14 Isaiah 59:2

Psalm 4:6 · BSB

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

Psalm 41:12 · BSB

In my integrity You uphold me and set me in Your presence forever.

Genesis 4:12 · BSB

When 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 4:14 · BSB

Behold, 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.”

Isaiah 59:2 · BSB

But 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

19But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Read Genesis 17