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Historical Footprints
Scholars note that these names from Ishmael's lineage are not lost to history. Commentaries connect Dumah and Massa to places and peoples in Arabia mentioned by ancient geographers like Ptolemy, grounding the biblical account in real-world history.
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Albert Barnes
On Genesis 25:12–18
18th Century
Theologian
Verse 13: נבית nebāyot — Nebajoth, “heights”; קדר qēdār — Qedar, “black”; אדבאל
John Gill
On Genesis 25:14
17th Century
Pastor
And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa. Of Mishma and Massa, and of their posterity, there is not anything said elsewhere, unle…
Matthew Henry
On Genesis 25:11–18
17th Century
Minister
Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia…