创世记 25:12

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

以實瑪利的後代（代上1:28~31）以下是撒拉的婢女埃及人夏甲，給亞伯拉罕所生的兒子以實瑪利的後代。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
撒 拉 的 使 女 埃 及 人 夏 甲 给 亚 伯 拉 罕 所 生 的 儿 子 是 以 实 玛 利 。

Contextual Overview

¹¹ After Abraham died, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac was now living at Beer Lahai Roi. ¹² This is the family history of Ishmael, Abraham's son. (Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian servant, was Ishmael's mother.) ¹³ These are the names of Ishmael's sons in the order they were born: Nebaioth, the first son, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ¹⁴ Mishma, Dumah, Massa, ¹⁵ Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. ¹⁶ These were Ishmael's sons, and these are the names of the tribal leaders listed according to their settlements and camps. ¹⁷ Ishmael lived one hundred thirty-seven years and then breathed his last breath and died. ¹⁸ His descendants lived from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt stretching toward Assyria. They often attacked the descendants of his brothers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 16:10-15, Genesis 17:20, Genesis 21:13, Psalms 83:6

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - the generations Genesis 16:15 - Hagar Genesis 21:18 - I will Genesis 36:43 - their 1 Chronicles 1:29 - The firstborn 1 Chronicles 5:10 - the Hagarites Jeremiah 25:24 - the mingled Galatians 4:24 - Agar

Cross-References

Genesis 17:20
"As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bless him and give him many descendants. And I will cause their numbers to grow greatly. He will be the father of twelve great leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.

Genesis 21:13
I will also make the descendants of Ishmael into a great nation because he is your son, too."

Genesis 25:10
So Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah in the same field that he had bought from the Hittites.

Genesis 25:15
Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

Psalms 83:6
the families of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son,.... Or the genealogy of his posterity; and which is given to show that the Lord was not unmindful of his promise made to Abraham, concerning the multiplication of his seed, Genesis 16:10:

whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham; see

Genesis 16:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section XI. - Isaac

- LII. History of Ishmael

13. נבית n^ebāyot, Nebajoth, “heights.” קדר qēdār, Qedar, “black.” אדבאל 'adb^e'ēl, Adbeel, “miracle of God?” מבשׂם mı̂bśām Mibsam, “sweet odor.”

14. משׁמע mı̂shma‛, Mishma‘, “hearing.” דוּמה dûmâh, Dumah, “silence.” משׂא maśā', Massa, “burden.”

15. חדר chădar, Chadar, “chamber;” or חדד chădad, Chadad, “sharpness;” תימא tēymā', Tema. יטוּר y^eṭûr, Jetur, “enclosure,” akin to טוּר ṭûr, “a wall,” and טירה ṭı̂yrâh, “a wall.” נפישׁ nāpı̂ysh, Naphish, “breathing.” קדמה qēd^emâh, Qedemah, “before, eastward.”

16. חצר chātsēr, “court, village, town.”

According to custom, before the history of the principal line is taken up, that of the collateral branch is briefly given. Thus, Cain’s history is closed before Sheth’s is commenced; Japheth and Ham are before Shem; Haran and Nahor before Abram. And so the sons of Keturah are first dismissed from the pages of history, and then Ishmael.

Genesis 25:12

The present passage begins with the formula, “and these are the generations,” and forms the eighth document so commencing. The appearance of a document consisting of seven verses is clearly against the supposition that each of these documents is due to a different author. The phrase points to a change of subject, not of author.

Genesis 25:13-16

Nebaioth - Isaiah 60:7 is preserved in the Nabataei inhabiting Arabia Petraea, and extending far toward the East. “Kedar” Isaiah 21:17 appears in the Cedrei of Pliny (H. N. 5, 12) who dwell east of Petraea. “Adbeel Mibsam,” and “Mishma are otherwise unknown. The last is connected with the Μαισαιμενεῖς Maisaimeneis of Ptol. (v. 7, 21). “Dumah” Isaiah 21:11 is probably Δούμεθα Doumetha (Ptol. vi. 19, 7) and Domata (Plin. H. N. 6, 32) and Dumat el-Jendel in Nejd and the Syrian desert. “Massa” may be preserved in the Μασανοὶ Masanoi of Ptolemy (v. 19, 2), northeast of Duma. “Hadar” is Hadad in 1 Chronicles 1:30, the Samaritan Pentateuch, Onkelos, perhaps the Septuagint, and many codices. It is supposed to be Χαττηνία Chatteenia (Polyb.), Attene, and to lie between Oman and Bahrein. “Tema” Job 6:19; Isaiah 21:14; Jeremiah 25:23 lay on the borders of Nejd and the Syrian desert. “Jetur” remains in Ituraea, Jedur, northeast of the sea of Galilee. Some suppose the Druses descended from him. “Naphish” 1 Chronicles 6:19, 1 Chronicles 6:22 lay in the same quarter. “Kedemah” is otherwise unknown. “In their towns and in their castles.” The former are unwalled collections of houses or perhaps tents; the latter, fortified keeps or encampments. “Twelve princes,” one for each tribe, descended from his twelve sons.

Genesis 25:17-18

Ishmael dies at the age of a hundred and thirty-seven. “From Havilah,” on the borders of Arabia Petraea and Felix. “Unto Shur,” on the borders of Arabia and Egypt. This was the original seat of the Ishmaelites, from which they wandered far into Arabia. “In the presence of all his brethren” - the descendants of Abraham by Sarah and Keturah, those of Lot, and the Egyptians who were his brethren or near kindred by his mother and wife. “He had fallen” into the lot of his inheritance. Thus was fulfilled the prediction uttered before his birth Genesis 16:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Genesis 25:12. These are the generations of Ishmael — The object of the inspired writer seems to be to show how the promises of God were fulfilled to both the branches of Abraham's family. Isaac has been already referred to; God blessed him according to the promise. He had also promised to multiply Ishmael, and an account of his generation is introduced to show how exactly the promise had also been fulfilled to him.