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14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Ked'emah.
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah.
16 These are the sons of Ish'mael 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 (These are the years of the life of Ish'mael, a hundred and thirty-seven years; he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his kindred.)
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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 dwelt from Hav'ilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled over against 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 took to wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethu'el the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the 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 And Isaac prayed to the LORD for his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife 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 thus, 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 days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, 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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