Genesis 25:16

Easy To Read Version

Those were the names of Ishmael’s sons. Each son had his own camp that became a small town. The twelve sons were like twelve princes with their own people.

Cross References

Genesis 17:20

“You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him. He will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Genesis 17:23

{God had told Abraham to circumcise [102] all the men and boys in his family.} So Abraham gathered Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house together. Abraham also gathered together the slaves that were bought with money. Every man and boy in Abraham’s house was gathered together, and they were all circumcised. Abraham circumcised them that day, just like God told him.

Genesis 25:15

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

1 Chronicles 6:54

These are the places where Aaron’s descendants [63] lived. They lived in their camps in the land that was given to them. The Kohath families got the first share of the land that was given to the Levite people.

Numbers 31:10

Then they burned all their towns and villages.