Verse 18
Genesis 17:18
New King James Version
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And Abraham said unto God (Elohim), O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְ/פָנֶֽי/ךָ
English Translation
And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"
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Chapter 17 Context
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And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am t...
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And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly .
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And Abram fell on his face: and God (Elohim) talked with him, saying,
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As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. <sup>many:...
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Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many...
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And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out...
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And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations fo...
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And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the...
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And God (Elohim) said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after...
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This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man chil...
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And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt...
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And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, h...
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He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and m...
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And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be c...
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And God (Elohim) said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but S...
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And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mot...
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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him...
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And Abraham said unto God (Elohim), O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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And God (Elohim) said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isa...
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And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and w...
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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in th...
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And he left off talking with him, and God (Elohim) went up from Abraham.
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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with...
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And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
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And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger , were circum...
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