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Genesis 17:18

AbrahamIshmael

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?”

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
KJV
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
WEB
Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
ASV
And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
DARBY
And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
BLB
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live before You!”
ÅB
Og Abraham sa til Gud: Måtte bare Ismael få leve for ditt åsyn!
OTB
Og Abraham sa til Gud: “Å, måtte Ismael leve under din velsignelse!”
B1930
Og Abraham sa til Gud: Måtte bare Ismael få leve for ditt åsyn!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Acts 2:39

    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.”

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  • Psalms 4:6

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

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  • Psalms 41:12

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

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  • Genesis 4:14

    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.”

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  • Jeremiah 32:39

    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.

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  • Genesis 4:12

    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.”

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  • Isaiah 59:2

    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.

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