Genesis 25:12

12 Now this is the history of the generations of Yishma'el, Avraham's son, whom Hagar the Mitzrian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Avraham.

Genesis 25:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:12

Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,
&c.] Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to show that the Lord was not unmindful of his promise made to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, ( Genesis 16:10 ) ( 17:20 ) : whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham;
see ( Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:15 ) .

Genesis 25:12 In-Context

10 the field which Avraham purchased of the children of Het. There was Avraham buried, with Sarah his wife.

11 It happened after the death of Avraham, that God blessed Yitzchak, his son. Yitzchak lived by Be'er-Lachai-Ro'i.

12 Now this is the history of the generations of Yishma'el, Avraham's son, whom Hagar the Mitzrian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Avraham.

13 These are the names of the sons of Yishma'el, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Yishma'el, Nevayot, then Kedar, Adbe'el, Mivsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,