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Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham`s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah`s handmaid, bore to Abraham.
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God Keeps His Promises
Multiple commentators emphasize that this genealogy is included to demonstrate God's faithfulness. God had promised Abraham that Ishmael would be blessed and become a great nation (Genesis 17:20), and this detailed record of his twelve sons becoming princes of twelve tribes serves as clear proof that God kept His word, even for promises outside the main covenant line.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Verse 13: נבית nebāyot — Nebajoth, “heights”; קדר qēdār — Qedar, “black”; אדבאל
19th Century
Anglican
THE TÔLDÔTH ISHMAEL.
These are the generations of Ishmael. —Following the usual rule of this book…
16th Century
Protestant
Now these are the generations of Ishmael. This narration is not unnecessary. In the beginning of the chapter, Moses alludes to what was do…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, &c.] Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to …
Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia…
