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Genesis 25:12-18

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12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 1whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.
13 2These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: 3Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and 4Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadad, 5Tema, 6Jetur, 7Naphish, and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, 8twelve princes according to their tribes.
17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He 9breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
18 10They settled from Havilah to 11Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled[a] over against all his kinsmen.
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Genesis 25:12-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 25

This chapter contains an account of Abraham's marriage with another woman, and of the children he had by her and of their posterity Ge 25:1-4; of Abraham's disposal of his substance; and his sons, Ge 25:5,6; of the years of his life, his death and burial, Ge 25:7-11; of the children of Ishmael, and of the years of his life, and of his death, Ge 25:12-18; and of the sons of Isaac the fruit of prayer, and of the oracle concerning them before they were born, and of their temper and disposition, conduct and behaviour, Ge 25:19-34.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. Genesis 16:15
  • 2. 1 Chronicles 1:29-31
  • 3. Isaiah 60:7
  • 4. Isaiah 60:7
  • 5. Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14
  • 6. 1 Chronicles 5:19
  • 7. 1 Chronicles 5:19
  • 8. Genesis 17:20
  • 9. ver. 8
  • 10. 1 Samuel 15:7
  • 11. Genesis 16:7; Genesis 20:1; Exodus 15:22

Footnotes 1

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.