Genesis 25:12-18

12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, ¹whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

13 ²These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: ³Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and ⁴Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15 Hadad, ⁵Tema, ⁶Jetur, ⁷Naphish, and Kedemah.

16 These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, ⁸twelve princes according to their tribes.

17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He ⁹breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)

18 ¹⁰They settled from Havilah to ¹¹Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled^[a] over against all his kinsmen.

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.

Genesis 25:12-18 In-Context

10 the field that Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried, with Sarah his wife.

11 After the death of Abraham, God blessed Isaac his son. And Isaac settled at Beer-lahai-roi.

12 These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham.

13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

15 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.

17 (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)

18 They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.

19 These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham fathered Isaac,

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

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 16:15
• 2. 1 Chronicles 1:29-31
• 3. Isaiah 60:7
• 4. Isaiah 60:7
• 5. Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14
• 6. 1 Chronicles 5:19
• 7. 1 Chronicles 5:19
• 8. Genesis 17:20
• 9. ver. 8
• 10. 1 Samuel 15:7
• 11. Genesis 16:7; Genesis 20:1; Exodus 15:22

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew fell