Gênesis 25:14

14 Misma, Dumá, Massá,

Gênesis 25:14 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:14

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa.
] Of Mishma and Massa, and of their posterity, there is not anything said elsewhere, unless the Masani, Ptolemy ^F16 places near Arabia Felix, came from Massa. Dumah seems to be the same Isaiah speaks of in ( Genesis 21:11 ) ; and in Arabia Deserta, where some of Ishmael's posterity settled, is a place called Dumaetha, by Ptolemy ^F17, which perhaps had its name from this son of his. The Targum of Jonathan translates these three names,

``hearing, silence, and patience;''

which the Jews use as a proverb, when they would signify that there are some things to be heard and not spoken of, and to be patiently borne. If Ishmael had in view to teach such lessons by the names he gave his children, he will seem to be a better man than he is usually thought to be.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Georaph. l. 16. p. 528. 534. 536.
F17 lbid.

Gênesis 25:14 In-Context

12 Estas são as gerações de Ismael, filho de Abraão, que Agar, a egípcia, serva de Sara, lhe deu;

13 e estes são os nomes dos filhos de Ismael pela sua ordem, segundo as suas gerações: o primogênito de Ismael era Nebaiote, depois Quedar, Abdeel, Mibsão,

14 Misma, Dumá, Massá,

15 Hadade, Tema, Jetur, Nafis e Quedemá.

16 Estes são os filhos de Ismael, e estes são os seus nomes pelas suas vilas e pelos seus acampamentos: doze príncipes segundo as suas tribos.