Genesis 25:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

The Sons of Ishmael This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

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  • Gen 16:10-15 : 10 I will greatly multiply your descendants,” the LORD’s angel added,“so that they will be too numerous to count.” 11 Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans. 12 He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers.” 13 So Hagar named the LORD who spoke to her,“You are the God who sees me,” for she said,“Here I have seen one who sees me!” 14 That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi.(It is located between Kadesh and Bered.) 15 So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.
  • Gen 17:20 : 20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.
  • Gen 21:13 : 13 But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”
  • Ps 83:6 : 6 It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 1:28-29
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    28The sons of Abraham:Isaac and Ishmael.

    29These were their descendants:Ishmael’s DescendantsIshmael’s firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  • Gen 16:15-16
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    15So Hagar gave birth to Abram’s son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

    16(Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)

  • Gen 25:19
    81%

    19Jacob and Esau This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham.Abraham became the father of Isaac.

  • Gen 25:13
    80%

    13These are the names of Ishmael’s sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth(Ishmael’s firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

  • Gen 25:16-17
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    79%

    16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps– twelve princes according to their clans.

    17Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

  • Gen 16:1-3
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    1The Birth of Ishmael Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

    2So Sarai said to Abram,“Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, please sleep with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her.” Abram did what Sarai told him.

    3So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram’s wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife.

  • Gen 21:12-13
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    78%

    12But God said to Abraham,“Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted.

    13But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too.”

  • 1 Chr 1:31-32
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    76%

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

    32Keturah’s Descendants The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, gave birth:Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah.The sons of Jokshan:Sheba and Dedan.

  • Gen 21:9-10
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    9But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian– the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham– mocking.

    10So she said to Abraham,“Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!”

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    76%

    34Isaac’s Descendants Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac:Esau and Israel.

  • Gen 17:19-21
    3 verses
    75%

    19God said,“No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him.

    20As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

    21But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

  • Gen 16:11
    75%

    11Then the LORD’s angel said to her,“You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.

  • Gen 17:25-26
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    74%

    25his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

    26Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day.

  • Gen 25:2
    74%

    2She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.

    23But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise.

  • Gen 24:36
    73%

    36My master’s wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns.

  • Gen 21:3
    73%

    3Abraham named his son– whom Sarah bore to him– Isaac.

  • Gen 25:4-6
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    72%

    4The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah.

    5Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac.

    6But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac.

  • Gen 21:5
    72%

    5(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.)

  • Gen 25:11
    72%

    11After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi.