These are their genealogies: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
Parallel translations
- WEB These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- KJV These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
- BSB These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- NASB These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- NLT These are their genealogical records: The sons of Ishmael were Nebaioth (the oldest), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Quick answer
Ishmael's descendants begin to be listed, beginning with his firstborn Nebaioth.
Overview
True to form, the Chronicler first records the line of Ishmael before focusing on Isaac (Genesis 25:13-16). God had promised to make Ishmael fruitful, and these sons fulfill that word. Listing them shows God's faithfulness to His promises even toward those outside the covenant line.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Gen 25:12–16Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.
- Gen 28:9Esau went to Ishmael, and took, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
- Isa 21:17and the residue of the number of the archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, will be few; for Yahweh, the God of Israel, has spoken it.”
- Isa 60:7All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
- Song 1:5I am dark, but lovely, you daughters of Jerusalem, like Kedar’s tents, like Solomon’s curtains.
- Ps 120:4Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.
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