NET Bible
"Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”"
— Genesis 17:18, NET Bible
“And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!”
“And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! ”
“Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"”
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“And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!”
“And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!”
Then God said to Abraham,“As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name.
I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!”
Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself,“Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”
God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”