Genesis 25:12

12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, that Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.

Genesis 25:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 25:12

Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,
&c.] Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to show that the Lord was not unmindful of his promise made to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, ( Genesis 16:10 ) ( 17:20 ) : whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham;
see ( Genesis 16:1 Genesis 16:15 ) .

Genesis 25:12 In-Context

10 the field that Abraham had bought from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried and Sarah his wife.

11 And it happened [that] after the death of Abraham God blessed Isaac his son, and Isaac settled at Beer-Lahai-Roi.

12 Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, that Hagar the Egyptian, the maidservant of Sarah, bore to Abraham.

13 And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names according to their family records. The firstborn of Ishmael [was] Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "family records"