Genesis 25:12-22

Descendants of Ishmael

12 Now these are the records of the generations of ¹Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;

13 and these are the names of ²the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

14 and Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.

16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; ³twelve * princes according to their tribes.

17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, ⁴one hundred and thirty-seven * years; and he breathed his last and died, and was ⁵gathered to his people.

18 They settled from ⁶Havilah to ⁷Shur which is east * of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; ⁸he settled in defiance * of all his relatives.

Isaac's Sons

19 Now these are the records of ⁹the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac;

20 and Isaac was forty years old when he took ¹⁰Rebekah, the ¹¹daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the ¹²sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.

21 Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and ¹³the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife ¹⁴conceived.

22 But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to ¹⁵inquire of the LORD.

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Genesis 25:12-22 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 15

1. Genesis 16:15
2. 1 Chronicles 1:29-31
3. Genesis 17:20
4. Genesis 16:16
5. Genesis 25:8; Genesis 49:33
6. 1 Samuel 15:7
7. Genesis 20:1
8. Genesis 16:12
9. Matthew 1:2
10. Gen 24:15, 29, 67
11. Genesis 22:23
12. Genesis 24:29
13. 1 Samuel 1:17; 1 Chronicles 5:20; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Ezra 8:23; Psalms 127:3
14. Romans 9:10
15. 1 Samuel 9:9; 1 Samuel 10:22

Footnotes 11

[a]. Lit "in regard to their generations"
[b]. Or "peoples"
[c]. Lit "dwelt"
[d]. Lit "before"
[e]. Lit "as you go"
[f]. Lit "fell over against"
[g]. Lit "brothers"
[h]. Lit "begot"
[i]. I.e. Syrian
[j]. I.e. Syrian
[k]. Lit "was entreated of him"