Genesis 25:16
Later on, those 12 sons of Ishmael became the bosses of 12 tribes, and all those tribes lived in their own camps.
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15Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Nafish, and Kedemah.
17Ishmael lived until he was 137 years old. Then he breathed for the last time, and he died.
Cross References
Genesis 17:23Then, on that same day, Abraham did a young man operation on every man and every boy in his camp. All Abraham’s work-men had that operation. They were the work-men that Abraham bought, and the work-men that were born in his camp. And Abraham and his son Ishmael had that operation too. They all had that operation on the same day. Ishmael was 13 years old, and Abraham was 99 years old, when they had that young man operation.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 25:12-19
Genealogy of Ishmael. ( b. c. 1822.) 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 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 firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur,… Read the whole commentary →