Genesis 17:18

Genesis chapter 17 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.