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Génesis 25:13

Estos, pues, son los nombres de los hijos de Ismael, por sus nombres, por sus linajes: El primogénito de Ismael, Nabaioth; luego Cedar, y Abdeel, y Mibsam,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adbeel;   Genealogy;   Hagar;   Ishmael;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nebaioth;   Thompson Chain Reference - Arabians;   Ishmael;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ishmaelites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abraham;   Arabia Felix;   Esau;   Kedar;   Midianites;   Nebaioth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ishmael;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - All-Sufficiency of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adbeel;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nebaioth;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adbeel;   Ishmael;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nebaioth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Adbeel;   Generation;   Genesis;   Ishmaelite;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nebaioth;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adbeel;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Ishmael;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nebaioth;   Tribes of Israel;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adbeel ;   Ishmael ;   Kedar ;   Mibsam ;   Nebaioth, Nebajoth ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Kedar;   Kedemah;   Nebajoth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abram;   Ishmael;   Kedar;   Nebaioth;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ad'be-El;   Ke'dar;   Mib'sam;   Neba'ioth, Neba'joth;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Twelve;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Last Days of Abraham;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adbeel;   Antediluvian Patriarchs;   Genealogy;   Genesis;   Hagrites;   Ishmaelites;   Kedar;   Mibsam;   Nabataeans;   Nebaioth;   Pentateuch, the Samaritan;   Primogeniture;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Adbeel;   Arabia;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adbeel;   Finzi;   Ishmael;   Kedar;   Nabatæans;   Tribes, the Twelve;  

Parallel Translations

La Biblia de las Americas
y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Ismael, nombrados por el orden de su nacimiento: el primogénito de Ismael, Nebaiot, después, Cedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
La Biblia Reina-Valera Gomez
stos, pues, son los nombres de los hijos de Ismael, por sus nombres, por sus linajes: El primognito de Ismael, Nebaiot; luego Cedar, Abdeel, Mibsam,
Sagradas Escrituras (1569)
Estos, pues, son los nombres de los hijos de Ismael, por sus nombres, por sus linajes: El primognito de Ismael, Nabaiot; y Cedar, y Abdeel, y Mibsam,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the names: 1 Chronicles 1:29-31

Nebajoth: From Nebajoth sprang the Nabatheans, who inhabited Arabia Petraea; from Kedar, the Cedreans, who dwelt near the Nabatheans; and from Jetur, the Itureans, who inhabited a small tract of country east of Jordan, which afterwards belonged to Manasseh. Genesis 36:3, Isaiah 60:7

Kedar: Psalms 120:5, Song of Solomon 1:5, Isaiah 21:16, Isaiah 21:17, Isaiah 42:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:9 - unto Ishmael Judges 8:6 - General Judges 8:24 - because Isaiah 60:6 - Midian Jeremiah 2:10 - Kedar Jeremiah 49:28 - Kedar Ezekiel 27:21 - Kedar

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And these [are] the names of the sons of Ishmael,.... After mentioned: by their names, according to their generations; which were imposed upon them at their birth, and are recited according to the order in which they were born, as follows:

the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth: mentioned in Isaiah 60:7; and from whence a people of the Arabs are called Nabathaeans, and their country Nabathaea. Josephus i says, that all the country from Euphrates to the Red sea is called the Nabatene country. The posterity of this man inhabited part of Arabia Deserta and of Arabia Petraea, even to the entrance of Arabia Felix. Strabo k reckons the Nabataeans among the Arabians, and calls Petra the metropolis of Arabia Petraea, Petra Nabataea, and Petra of the Arabian Nabataeans, who he says dwelt about Syria, and often made excursions into it; and observes, that their country is populous and abounds with pastures; hence the rams of Nebaioth, mentioned in Isaiah 60:7; Pliny also l places them in Arabia, and says they inhabit the town called Petra, and that they border upon Syria.

And Kedar is the second son of Ishmael; and the posterity of this man and their country are reckoned in Arabia by Isaiah, Isaiah 21:13; and they are so well known to be Arabians, that the Arabic language is most frequently, in Jewish writings, called the language of Kedar. These are the people whom Pliny m names Cedrei, and mentions them along with the Nabathaeans, as near unto them, and indeed they dwelt in the same country, Arabia Petraea, and in tents, living by pasturage, hence they are sometimes called Scenites; and mention is made of the tents of Kedar in Song of Solomon 1:5; these are the Scenite Arabs, called Saracens by Ammianus Marcellinus n. Two other sons of Ishmael follow:

and Adbeel and Mibsam; of whom no mention is made elsewhere, nor are there any traces of their names, unless the Agubeni, placed by Ptolemy o near Arabia Felix.

i Antiqu. l. 1. c. 12. sect. 4. k Geograph. l. 16. p. 528, 534, 536. l Nat. Hist. l. 5. c. 11. & l. 6. c. 28. & l. 12. c. 17. m lbid. l. 5. c. 11. n L. 22. p. 228. l. 23. p. 250. Ed. Vales. o Geograph. l. 5. c. 19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section XI. - Isaac

- LII. History of Ishmael

13. נבית nebāyot, Nebajoth, “heights.” קדר qēdār, Qedar, “black.” אדבאל 'adbe'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 yeṭûr, Jetur, “enclosure,” akin to טוּר ṭûr, “a wall,” and טירה ṭı̂yrâh, “a wall.” נפישׁ nāpı̂ysh, Naphish, “breathing.” קדמה qēdemâh, 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 25:13. Nebajoth — From whom came the Nabatheans, whose capital was Petra, or, according to Strabo, Nabathea. They dwelt in Arabia Petraea, and extended themselves on the east towards Arabia Deserta.

Kedar — The founder of the Cedreans, who dwelt near to the Nabatheans. The descendants of Kedar form a part of the Saracens.

Adbeel, and Mibsam — Where these were situated is not known.


 
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