Genesis 17:18
Genesis chapter 17 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
Context
v.17Then 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?
v.18This passage
v.19And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Acts 2:39
For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.
- Psalms 4:6
Many there are that say, Who will show us any good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
- Isaiah 59:2
but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
- Genesis 4:12
when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.
- Psalms 41:12
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, And settest me before thy face for ever.
- Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the ground; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth; and it will come to pass, that whosoever findeth me will slay me.