Genesis 25:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These were the names of Ishmael’s sons. Each son had his own camp that became a small town. The twelve sons were leaders over their own people.

Cross References

Genesis 17:20

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

Genesis 17:23

Then Abraham gathered together Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house. He also gathered all the slaves he had bought. Every man and boy in Abraham’s house was gathered together, and they were all circumcised. Abraham circumcised them that day, just as God had told him to do.

Genesis 25:15

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Numbers 31:10

Then they burned all their towns and villages.

1 Chronicles 6:54

These are the places where Aaron’s descendants 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 Levites.