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14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.
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These were the sons of Ishmael, and these are the names of the twelve tribal rulers according to their settlements and camps.
17 (This is the length of the life of Ishmael, one hundred thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)
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Ishmael lived a hundred and thirty-seven years. He breathed his last and died, and he was gathered to his people.
18 They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled down alongside of all his people.
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His descendants settled in the area from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. And they lived in hostility toward all the tribes related to them.
19 These are the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham was the father of Isaac,
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This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham became the father of Isaac,
20 and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, sister of Laban the Aramean.
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and Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean.
21 Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren; and the Lord granted his prayer, and his wife Rebekah conceived.
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Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was childless. The LORD answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant.
22 The children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is to be this way, why do I live?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
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The babies jostled each other within her, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the LORD.
23 And the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples born of you shall be divided; the one shall be stronger than the other, the elder shall serve the younger."
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The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
24 When her time to give birth was at hand, there were twins in her womb.
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When the time came for her to give birth, there were twin boys in her womb.
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