Genesis 25:16

Plain English Version

Later on, those 12 sons of Ishmael became the bosses of 12 tribes, and all those tribes lived in their own camps.

Cross References

Genesis 17:20

And you asked me to do good things for Ishmael. Well, I listened to you, and I will be good to him too. He will have a big family, and later on, 12 big bosses will be in his family. I will make his mob into a great nation.

Genesis 17:23

Then, on that same day, Abraham did a young man operation on every man and every boy in his camp. All Abraham’s work-men had that operation. They were the work-men that Abraham bought, and the work-men that were born in his camp. And Abraham and his son Ishmael had that operation too. They all had that operation on the same day. Ishmael was 13 years old, and Abraham was 99 years old, when they had that young man operation.

Genesis 25:15

Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Nafish, and Kedemah.