Genesis 17:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸Abraham said to God, “I really wish Ishmael could receive your blessing!”

¹⁹Then God said, “Yes, I will bless Ishmael. But your wife Sarah will have a son by you. And you will name him Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him. That covenant will last forever. It will be for Isaac and his family after him. ²⁰I have heard what you said about Ishmael. I will surely bless him. I will make his family very large. He will be the father of 12 rulers. And I will make him into a great nation.

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Genesis 17:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸And Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael^(A) might live under your blessing!”^(B)

¹⁹Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son,^(C) and you will call him Isaac.^[a]^(D) I will establish my covenant with him^(E) as an everlasting covenant^(F) for his descendants after him. ²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers.^(G) He will be the father of twelve rulers,^(H) and I will make him into a great nation.^(I)

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Footnotes

Genesis 17:19 Isaac means he laughs.

Genesis 17:18-20

King James Version

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

¹⁹And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

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