Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!” New Living Translation So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael live under your special blessing!” English Standard Version And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” Berean Standard Bible And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!” King James Bible And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! New King James Version And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!” New American Standard Bible And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” NASB 1995 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” NASB 1977 And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!” Legacy Standard Bible And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before You!” Amplified Bible And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael [my firstborn] might live before You!” Christian Standard Bible So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable to you! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable to You!” American Standard Version And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! Aramaic Bible in Plain English And God said to Abraham, “Truly Sara your wife shall give birth to a son for you, and you shall call his name Isaaq, and I shall establish my covenant with him for an eternal covenant and with his seed after him. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before thee. Contemporary English Version Then he asked God, "Why not let Ishmael inherit what you have promised me?" Douay-Rheims Bible And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee. English Revised Version And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! GOD'S WORD® Translation Then Abraham said to God, "Why not let Ishmael be my heir?" Good News Translation He asked God, "Why not let Ishmael be my heir?" International Standard Version So Abraham responded to God, "If only Ishmael would live in constant awareness that you're always with him!" JPS Tanakh 1917 And Abraham said unto God: 'Oh that Ishmael might live before Thee!' Literal Standard Version And Abraham says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”; Majority Standard Bible And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!” New American Bible So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael could live in your favor!” NET Bible Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!" New Revised Standard Version And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live in your sight!” New Heart English Bible Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you." Webster's Bible Translation And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! World English Bible Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” Young's Literal Translation And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Covenant of Circumcision…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?” 18And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!” 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.… Cross References Genesis 17:17 Abraham 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?" Genesis 17:19 But 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. Genesis 21:11 Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael. Treasury of Scripture And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you! O that. Jeremiah 32:39 And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. before. Genesis 4:12,14 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth… Psalm 4:6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Psalm 41:12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. Jump to Previous Abraham Blessing Care Ishmael Ish'mael Ishmael's Live SightJump to Next Abraham Blessing Care Ishmael Ish'mael Ishmael's Live SightGenesis 17 1. God renews the covenant with Abram, 5. and changes his name to Abraham, in token of a greater blessing. 9. Circumcision is instituted. 15. Sarai's name is changed to Sarah, and she is blessed. 17. Isaac is promised, and the time of his birth fixed. 23. Abraham and Ishmael are circumcised. (18) O that Ishmael . . . --For thirteen years Ishmael had been the "son of the house" (Genesis 15:3), and regarded probably as the true heir. Mingled then with Abraham's joy there was also the pain, natural to a father, of knowing that this transference of the promise to Sarah's child meant the deposition and disappointment of one who for so long had held the post of honour. Stoicism would have repressed this upright and natural feeling, but God hears and accepts the father's prayers; and while the birthright and religious pre-eminence is justly given to the son of the freewoman, there is a large earthly blessing for the handmaid's son.Verse 18. - And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! Not implying that Abram was content with Hagar's child as the promised seed without waiting for Sarai s son (Jerome, Calvin, Kalisch); scarcely that he feared lest God might remove Ishmael by death now that Isaac had been promised (Wordsworth-); but probably that he desired that Ishmael might not only live and prosper (Bush), but share with Sarah s son in the blessings of the covenant (Keil, Longs, Rosenmüller, Murphy, 'Speaker's Commentary,' Inglis). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And Abrahamאַבְרָהָ֖ם (’aḇ·rā·hām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation said וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to God, הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative “O that ל֥וּ (lū) Preposition Strong's 3863: If, would that! Ishmael יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל (yiš·mā·‘êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3458: Ishmael -- 'God hears', the name of several Israelites might live יִחְיֶ֥ה (yiḥ·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2421: To live, to revive under Your [blessing]!” לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face Links Genesis 17:18 NIVGenesis 17:18 NLT Genesis 17:18 ESV Genesis 17:18 NASB Genesis 17:18 KJV Genesis 17:18 BibleApps.com Genesis 17:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 17:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 17:18 French Bible Genesis 17:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 17:18 Abraham said to God Oh that Ishmael (Gen. Ge Gn) |
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