As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
Genesis 25:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their settlements and encampments: twelve leaders , of their clans. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments (sheepfolds)–twelve princes according to their tribes. [Foretold in Gen. 17:20.] American Standard Version (1901) these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations. Common English Bible These are Ishmael’s sons. These are their names by their villages and their settlements: twelve tribal leaders according to their tribes. Catholic Public Domain Version These are the sons of Ishmael. And these are their names throughout their fortresses and towns: the twelve princes of their tribes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes. |
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father twelve tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
So Abraham took his son Ishmael and those born in his household or purchased #– #every male among the members of Abraham’s household #– #and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites lived, as well as all their encampments,