Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
Parallel translations
- WEB They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- KJV And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
- NKJV (They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He died in the presence of all his brethren.
- NASB They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt going toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
- NLT Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
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Quick answer
Ishmael's descendants settle across a wide region, living in tension with their kindred.
Overview
The Ishmaelites spread from Havilah to Shur, fulfilling the promise of a great nation. The note that he lived 'opposite all his relatives' recalls the angel's word that Ishmael would dwell in conflict with his kin. This both confirms God's prophecy and marks the separateness of his line from Isaac's.
Cross-references & the web
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- Gen 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- Gen 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
- Gen 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Gen 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
- 2 Kgs 23:29At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.
- Isa 19:23–24In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
- Gen 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.
- Gen 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Ps 78:64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
- 1 Sam 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- Gen 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- Gen 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.
- Gen 21:14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
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