Genesis 17:18
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
In context
16 And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
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?”
18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
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.
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 17:18 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- KJV King James Version
- And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
- WEB World English Bible
- Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
- WBS Webster Bible
- And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!