Genesis 17:18 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 17:18

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

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DBT

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

ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

And Abraham saith unto God, `O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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Acts 2:39
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Genesis 21:11
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
Psalms 41:12
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
Psalms 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

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The great thing we should desire of God for our children is that they may live before him, that is, that they may be kept in covenant with him, and may have grace to walk before him in their uprightness. Spiritual blessings are the best blessings, and those for which we should be most earnest with God, both for ourselves and others.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

O that Ishmael might live before thee--natural solicitude of a parent. But God's thoughts are not as man's thoughts [Isa 55:8]. The blessings of the covenant are reserved for Isaac, but common blessings were abundantly promised to Ishmael; and though the visible Church did not descend from his family, yet personally he might, and it is to be hoped did, enjoy its benefits.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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