Genesis 17:18
And he said to God: O that Ismael may live before thee.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Dixitque ad Deum : Utinam Ismaël vivat coram te.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εἶπεν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν θεόν Ἰσμαὴλ οὗτος ζήτω ἐναντίον σου.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶל הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים ל֥וּ יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנֶֽיךָ
Haydock's commentary
Before thee, under thy protection, and in a virtuous manner. (Menochius) , He seems to be satisfied, though God should not bless him with any more children, provided this one may live worthy of God. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.