Parallel Verses English Standard Version And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!” King James Bible And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! American Standard Version And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! Douay-Rheims Bible And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee. English Revised Version And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! Webster's Bible Translation And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! Genesis 17:18 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentOn the part of Abraham (ואתּה thou, the antithesis to אני, as for me, Genesis 17:4) God required that he and his descendants in all generations should keep the covenant, and that as a sign he should circumcise himself and every male in his house. המּול Niph. of מוּל, and נמלתּם perf. Niph. for נמלּתם, from מלל equals מוּל. As the sign of the covenant, circumcision is called in Genesis 17:13, "the covenant in the flesh," so far as the nature of the covenant was manifested in the flesh. It was to be extended not only to the seed, the lineal descendants of Abraham, but to all the males in his house, even to every foreign slave not belonging to the seed of Abram, whether born in the house or acquired (i.e., bought) with money, and to the "son of eight days," i.e., the male child eight days old; with the threat that the uncircumcised should be exterminated from his people, because by neglecting circumcision he had broken the covenant with God. The form of speech ההיא הנּפשׁ נכרתה, by which many of the laws are enforced (cf. Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:19; Leviticus 7:20-21, Leviticus 7:25, etc.), denotes not rejection from the nation, or banishment, but death, whether by a direct judgment from God, an untimely death at the hand of God, or by the punishment of death inflicted by the congregation or the magistrates, and that whether יוּמת מות is added, as in Exodus 31:14, etc., or not. This is very evident from Leviticus 17:9-10, where the extermination to be effected by the authorities is distinguished from that to be executed by God Himself (see my biblische Archologie ii. 153, 1). In this sense we sometimes find, in the place of the earlier expression "from his people," i.e., his nation, such expressions as "from among his people" (Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:10; Numbers 15:30), "from Israel" (Exodus 12:15; Numbers 19:13), "from the congregation of Israel" (Exodus 12:19); and instead of "that soul," in Leviticus 17:4, Leviticus 17:9 (cf. Exodus 30:33, Exodus 30:38), we find "that man." Treasury of Scripture Knowledge O that. before. Psalm 41:12 And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face for ever. Cross References Genesis 17:17 Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, "Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" Genesis 17:19 God said, "No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. Genesis 21:11 And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son. Jump to Previous Abraham Blessing Care Ishmael Ish'mael Ishmael's Live SightJump to Next Abraham Blessing Care Ishmael Ish'mael Ishmael's Live SightLinks Genesis 17:18 NIVGenesis 17:18 NLT Genesis 17:18 ESV Genesis 17:18 NASB Genesis 17:18 KJV Genesis 17:18 Bible Apps Genesis 17:18 Biblia Paralela Genesis 17:18 Chinese Bible Genesis 17:18 French Bible Genesis 17:18 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |