Now theseare [the records of] the generationsof Ishmael,Abraham'sson,whomHagarthe Egyptian,Sarah'smaid,boreto Abraham;
"As for Ishmael,I have heardyou; behold,I will blesshim, and will makehim fruitfuland will multiplyhim exceedingly.He shall becomethe fatherof twelveprinces,and I will makehim a greatnation.
"And of the sonof the maidI will makea nationalso,becausehe is your descendant."
"Arise,liftup the lad,and holdhim by the hand,for I will makea greatnationof him."
The sonsof Abraham[were] Isaacand Ishmael.
Theseare their genealogies:the firstbornof Ishmael[was] Nebaioth,then Kedar,Adbeel,Mibsam,
The tentsof Edomand the Ishmaelites,Moaband the Hagrites;
Yet Gideonsaidto them, "I would requestof you, that eachof you giveme an earringfrom his spoil."(For they had goldearrings,becausethey were Ishmaelites.)
