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The Book of Genesis, Chapter 17, Verse 18

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Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
King James Version
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!
New English Translation
Abraham said to God,“O that Ishmael might live before you!”
World English Bible
Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"
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And 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.
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And 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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But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
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And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
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And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
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And Abraham [was] ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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And Ishmael his son [was] thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
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In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
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And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
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And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;