By their towns, and by their castles. — There were no towns and castles in the wilderness of Paran, but we know for certain that t…

These [are] the sons of Ishmael The twelve before mentioned, (Genesis 25:13–15) : these [are] the…

Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia…