Genesis 25:18

Easy To Read Version

Ishmael’s descendants [144] camped throughout the desert area. This area went from Havilah to Shur, near Egypt. And it went from Shur all the way to Assyria. Ishmael’s descendants often attacked his brothers’ people. [145]

Cross References

Genesis 10:29

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All those people were Joktan’s sons.

Genesis 10:7

Cush’s sons were: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtecah.

Genesis 13:10

Lot looked and saw the Jordan Valley. Lot saw that there was much water there. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah. At that time the Jordan Valley all the way to Zoar was like the Lord’s Garden. This was good land, like the land of Egypt.)

Genesis 14:10

There were very many holes filled with tar [82] in the Valley of Siddim. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah {and their armies} ran away. Many of the soldiers fell into those holes. But the others ran away to the mountains.

Genesis 16:12

“Ishmael will be wild and free, like a wild donkey. He will move from place to place and camp near his brothers. He will be against everyone and everyone will be against him.”

Genesis 16:7

The Angel of the Lord found Hagar near a pool of water in the desert. The pool was by the road to Shur.

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first river was Pishon. This river flowed around the entire country of Havilah. [11]

Genesis 20:1

Abraham left that place and traveled to the Negev. [111] Abraham settled in the city of Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur. While in Gerar,

Genesis 21:14

Early the next morning, Abraham got some food and some water. Abraham gave these things to Hagar. Hagar carried these things and left with her boy. Hagar left that place and wandered in the desert of Beersheba.

Genesis 21:21

His mother found a wife for him in Egypt. They continued living in the Paran desert.

2 Kings 23:29

During Josiah’s time, Pharaoh Neco, the king of Egypt went to fight against the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. Josiah went out to meet Neco at Megiddo. Pharaoh saw Josiah and killed him.

1 Chronicles 1:23

Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these men were Joktan’s sons.)

Psalm 78:64

The priests were killed,\par but the widows did not cry for them.\par

Exodus 15:22

Moses led the people of Israel away from the Red Sea [99] and into the Shur desert. They traveled for three days in the desert. The people could not find any water.

Ezekiel 23:23

I will bring all those men from Babylon, especially the Chaldeans. I will bring the men from Pekod, Shoa, and Koa. And I will bring all those men from Assyria. So I will bring all those leaders and officers. They were all desirable young men, chariot {\cf2\super [188]} officers and hand-picked soldiers riding their horses.

1 Samuel 15:7

Saul defeated the Amalekites. He fought them and chased them all the way from Havilah to Shur, at the border of Egypt.