Genesis 25:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 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 17:23 : 23 Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household(whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

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  • Gen 25:12-15
    4 verses
    82%

    12The Sons of Ishmael This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

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

    14Mishma, Dumah, Massa,

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

  • 1 Chr 1:28-32
    5 verses
    78%

    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,

    30Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

    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 17:20
    76%

    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.

  • Gen 16:15-16
    2 verses
    73%

    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 25:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

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

    18His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives.

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

  • 1 Chr 1:34
    70%

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

  • Gen 17:25-26
    2 verses
    70%

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

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

  • Gen 16:11-12
    2 verses
    70%

    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.

    12He 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.”

  • Gen 25:6
    69%

    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.

  • 1 Chr 25:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,

    24the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives– twelve in all,

  • Gen 36:19
    69%

    19These were the sons of Esau(also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs.

  • 1 Chr 2:2
    68%

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

  • Gen 25:2
    68%

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

  • Gen 21:13
    67%

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

  • Gen 10:31
    67%

    31These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations.

  • 1 Chr 1:41-42
    2 verses
    67%

    41The son of Anah:Dishon.The sons of Dishon:Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

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

  • 1 Chr 1:23
    67%

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

  • Gen 36:40
    67%

    40These were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth,

  • Gen 36:21
    67%

    21Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom.

  • Gen 36:26
    66%

    26These were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.

  • 1 Chr 1:54
    66%

    54Magdiel, Iram. These were the tribal chiefs of Edom.