Genesis 17:18
“And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!”
And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
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?
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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.
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.
Related Verses
“In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.”
“And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;”
“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.”
“And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:”
“And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.”