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Genesis 17:18

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17:18Abraham said to God, “O that46 Ishmael might live before you!”47

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Footnotes

  1. 46 The wish is introduced with the Hebrew particle לוּ (lu), “O that.”
  2. 47 Or “live with your blessing.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael were acceptable to you!”

NLTNew Living Translation

So Abraham said to God, “May Ishmael live under your special blessing!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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

KJV 1900King James Version

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