Genesis 17:18

WEB

¹⁸Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

KJV

¹⁸And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

BSB

¹⁸And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

FBV

¹⁸Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael always live under your blessing!”

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Extra References

Acts 2:39

³⁹For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”

Psalms 41:12

¹²As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.

Psalms 4:6

⁶Many say, “Who will show us any good?” LORD, let the light of your face shine on us.

Genesis 4:14

¹⁴Behold, you have driven me out today from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. Whoever finds me will kill me.”

Jeremiah 32:39

³⁹I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, for their good and the good of their children after them.

Isaiah 59:2

²But your iniquities have separated you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

Genesis 4:12

¹²From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”