1 Chronicles 1:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֵ֖לֶּה תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑ם בְּכ֤וֹר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָי֔וֹת וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃

Transliteration

ʾēlleh tôlədôtām bəkôr Yišmāʿēʾl Nəbāyôt wə-Qēdār wə-ʾAdbbəʾēl û-Mibśām

Grammar Details

*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, common, plural - these
*tôlədôtām*: noun, feminine, plural construct + 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their generations
*bəkôr*: noun, masculine, singular construct - firstborn of
*Yišmāʿēʾl*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Ishmael
*Nəbāyôt*: proper noun, masculine, singular - Nebaioth
*wə-Qēdār*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Kedar
*wə-ʾAdbbəʾēl*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Adbeel
*û-Mibśām*: conjunction + proper noun, masculine, singular - and Mibsam

Word Meanings

*tôlədôtām*: their generations/their genealogy/their descendants

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Referenced Verses

Gen 25:12-16 : 12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: 13 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadad, and 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 nations.
Gen 28:9 : 9 and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
Ps 120:4 : 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, With coals of juniper.
Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.
Isa 21:17 : 17 and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be few; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath spoken it.
Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.

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Gen 25:12-16
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12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
13and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
14and Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
15Hadad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
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1 Chr 1:30-35
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30Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,
31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba, and Dedan.
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34And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau, and Israel.
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28The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
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Gen 36:3
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3and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
1 Chr 1:20
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Gen 16:15
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Gen 25:19
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