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10 athe field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth. bThere Abraham was buried, and Sarah his wife.  
11 And it came to pass, after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac. And Isaac dwelt at aBeer Lahai Roi.  

The Families of Ishmael and Isaac

12 Now this is the agenealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.  
13 And athese were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,  
14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15 Hadar, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.  
16 These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their1 settlements, atwelve princes according to their nations.  
17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and ahe breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.  
18 a(They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria.) He1 died bin the presence of all his brethren.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Genesis 25:12.

Genesis 25:12-18 Excerpted from Ishmael

If we would go on to Genesis 25:12-18, we find that Ishmael had 12 sons, which became 12 tribes, which is very interesting. It is almost a mirror of what happened with Jacob, that Jacob had 12 sons which became 12 tribes. So it is kind of interesting to see that God paralleled it there.

And then if you go into Galatians, you will see that Hagar and Ishmael were a sign of this covenant that was not good, as opposed to Sarah and Isaac, which were a sign of the proper godly covenant.

And so this thing about the 12 tribes of Ishmael and the 12 tribes of Israel seemed to have some sort of a correlation there. It is interesting nonetheless.


 
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