Genesis 25:16

WEB

¹⁶These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.

KJV

¹⁶These are the sons^[+] of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

BSB

¹⁶These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

FBV

¹⁶These were the sons of Ishmael, and these became the names of the places where they lived and camped—the twelve family rulers of their tribes.

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Extra References

Genesis 17:20

²⁰As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 17:23

²³Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.