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The Descendants of Ishmael

Genesis 25:16

In 11 translations

BSB
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
KJV
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
WEB
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
ASV
these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
LSV
these are sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
YLT
these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
DBY
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their hamlets and their encampments — twelve princes of their peoples.
DRC
These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.
GNV
These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castles: to wit, twelue princes of their nations.
JPS
these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
LXXE
These are the sons of Ismael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.

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Original-language editions

WLC
אֵ֣לֶּה הֵ֞ם בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ וְאֵ֣לֶּה שְׁמֹתָ֔ם בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם שְׁנֵים־עָשָׂ֥ר נְשִׂיאִ֖ם לְאֻמֹּתָֽם׃
LXX-Br
οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσμαὴλ, καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς σκηναῖς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐπαύλεσιν αὐτῶν· δώδεκα ἄρχοντες κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 17:20As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
  • Genesis 17:23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

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