Gen 17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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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.
And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
{There be} many that say, Who will shew us {any} good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
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.
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: {for ever: Heb. all days}
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid {his} face from you, that he will not hear. {have hid: or, have made him hide}
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts {is} the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
{Is he} the God of the Jews only? {is he} not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.