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Genesis 25:14–18

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And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
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From verse 14

  1. Isaiah 21:11Rank 1 from verse 14
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    11¶ The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

  2. Isaiah 21:16Rank 2 from verse 14
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    16For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

From verse 15

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:19Rank 1 from verse 15
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    19And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

  2. Job 2:11Rank 2 from verse 15
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    11¶ Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

From verse 16

  1. Genesis 17:20Rank 1 from verse 16
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    20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

  2. Genesis 17:23Rank 2 from verse 16
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    23¶ And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

From verse 17

  1. Genesis 15:15Rank 1 from verse 17
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    15And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

  2. Genesis 25:7–8Rank 2 from verse 17
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    7And these are the days of the years of Abraham’s life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years.

    8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.

From verse 18

  1. Genesis 16:12Rank 1 from verse 18
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    12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

  2. Genesis 20:1Rank 2 from verse 18
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    1AND Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

  3. 1 Samuel 15:7Rank 3 from verse 18
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    7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

  4. 2 Kings 23:29Rank 4 from verse 18
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    29¶ In his days Pharaoh-nechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.

  5. Genesis 10:29Rank 5 from verse 18
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    29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan.

  6. Genesis 10:7Rank 6 from verse 18
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    7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.

  7. Genesis 13:10Rank 7 from verse 18
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    10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.

  8. Genesis 14:10Rank 8 from verse 18
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    10And the vale of Siddim was full of slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.

  9. Genesis 2:11Rank 9 from verse 18
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    11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  10. Genesis 21:21Rank 10 from verse 18
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    21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.

  11. Isaiah 19:23–24Rank 11 from verse 18
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    23¶ In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

    24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:

  12. Psalms 78:64Rank 12 from verse 18
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    64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.

  13. Genesis 21:14Rank 13 from verse 18
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    14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.

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Genesis 25:16

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names

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Sense 1: Words or titles by which persons or things are known. Sense 2: Reputation, authority, or the persons named.

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towns

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Settled collections of houses, generally smaller or less distinguished than cities.

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nations

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Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Genesis 25:17

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thirty

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The number equal to three tens, following twenty-nine and preceding thirty-one.

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gave

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1. Bestowed, delivered, or granted. 2. Caused or appointed.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ghost

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Sense 1: A spirit. Sense 2: In the title Holy Ghost, the divine Spirit of God. Sense 3: The life or spirit yielded up at death, in the expression to give or yield up the ghost.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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Genesis 25:18

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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toward

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1. In the direction of or in relation to. 2. Approaching. 3. Inclined or ready.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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brethren

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1. Persons of the same people, tribe, community, or shared service who are regarded or addressed as brothers. 2. Persons regarded as brothers by reason of faith or another spiritual relation. 3. Male siblings or other male relatives.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

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25:12¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:

25:13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

25:14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

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25:15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

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25:16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

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25:17And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.

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25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

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