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Genesis 17:18

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And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
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  1. Acts 2:39Rank 1 from verse 18
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    39For 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.

  2. Psalms 4:6Rank 2 from verse 18
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    6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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    12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.

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    12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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    14Behold, 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.

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Genesis 17:18

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Abraham

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The patriarch formerly named Abram, whom God appointed to be a father of many nations.

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might

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Sense 1: Power or strength. Sense 2: An auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.

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live

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Sense 1: As a verb, to have or continue in life; to remain alive, be restored to life, or not die. Sense 2: To dwell, abide, or continue in a place, state, relation, or manner of life. Sense 3: To subsist or be sustained by or upon what is named. Sense 4: As an adjective, alive rather than dead; or containing fire and not extinguished.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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17Then 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?

18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

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19And 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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