Genesis 25:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.

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  • Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
  • Gen 17:23 : 23 And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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  • Gen 25:12-15
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    12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:

    13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

    14 And Mishma and Dumah and Massa,

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

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    28 The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

    29 These are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,

    30 Mishma and Dumah, Massa, Hadad and Tema,

    31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

    32 And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's servant-wife: she was the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

  • 20 As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    15 And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

    16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

  • Gen 25:17-19
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    17 And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

    18 And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

    19 Now these are the generations of Abraham's son Isaac:

  • 34 And Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 17:25-26
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    70%

    25 And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

    26 Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

  • Gen 16:11-12
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    11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

    12 And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.

  • 6 But to the sons of his other women he gave offerings, and sent them away, while he was still living, into the east country.

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    23 The sixteenth Hananiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

    24 The seventeenth Joshbekashah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

  • 19 These were the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these were their chiefs.

  • 2 Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

  • 2 She became the mother of Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah.

  • 13 And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed.

  • 31 These, with their families and their languages and their lands and their nations, are the offspring of Shem.

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    41 The sons of Anah: Dishon. And the sons of Dishon: Hamran and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran.

    42 The sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

  • 23 And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

  • 40 These are the names of the chiefs of Esau in the order of their families and their places: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,

  • 21 Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, offspring of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • 26 These are the children of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

  • 54 The chief of Magdiel, the chief of Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom.