Genesis 25:12-18

Ishmael's Family Records

12 These are the family records of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's slave, bore to Abraham.

13 These are the names of Ishmael's sons; their names according to the family records are: Nebaioth, Ishmael's firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

16 These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders^{[a] [b]} of their clans.^[c]

17 This is the length^[d] of Ishmael's life: 137 years. He took his last breath and died, and was gathered to his people.

18 And they^[e] settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt as you go toward Asshur. He^[f] lived in opposition to^[g] all his brothers.^[h]

Genesis 25:12-18 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or chieftains
• [b]. Gn 17:20
• [c]. Or peoples
• [d]. Lit And these are the years
• [e]. LXX, Vg read he
• [f]. Ishmael and his descendants
• [g]. Or He settled down alongside of
• [h]. Gn 16:12