12<\/strong>. Now these are the generations<\/em> ] Cf. Gen 5:1<\/span>, Gen 6:9<\/span>, Gen 10:1<\/span>, Gen 11:10<\/span>; Gen 11:27<\/span> (P).<\/p>\n 12 18 (P). The Descendants of Ishmael<\/p>\n The genealogy of Ishmael is thus disposed of, before the narrative resumes the history of the Chosen Family in the generations of Isaac ( Gen 25:19<\/em><\/span>). It is to be noticed that the sons of Ishmael are twelve in number, like the sons of Nahor (Gen 22:21-24<\/span>) and of Jacob.<\/p>\n – Section XI. – Isaac<\/P> – LII. History of Ishmael<\/P> 13. <\/span> n<\/I>e<\/I><\/SUP>bayot<\/I>, Nebajoth, heights. <\/span> qedar<\/I>, Qedar, black. <\/span> ‘adb<\/I>e<\/I><\/SUP>‘el<\/I>, Adbeel, miracle of God? <\/span> mbsam<\/I> Mibsam, sweet odor.<\/P> 14. <\/span> mshma<\/I>, Mishma, hearing. <\/span> dumah<\/I>, Dumah, silence. <\/span> masa’<\/I>, Massa, burden.<\/P> 15. <\/span> chadar<\/I>, Chadar, chamber; or <\/span> chadad<\/I>, Chadad, sharpness; <\/span> teyma’<\/I>, Tema. <\/span> y<\/I>e<\/I><\/SUP>tur<\/I>, Jetur, enclosure, akin to <\/span> tur<\/I>, a wall, and <\/span> tyrah<\/I>, a wall. <\/span> napysh<\/I>, Naphish, breathing. <\/span> qed<\/I>e<\/I><\/SUP>mah<\/I>, Qedemah, before, eastward.<\/P> 16. <\/span> chatser<\/I>, court, village, town.<\/P> According to custom, before the history of the principal line is taken up, that of the collateral branch is briefly given. Thus, Cains history is closed before Sheths 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.<\/P> Gen 25:12<\/B><\/span><\/P> 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.<\/P> Gen 25:13-16<\/B><\/span><\/P> Nebaioth – <\/B>Isa 60:7<\/B><\/span> is preserved in the Nabataei inhabiting Arabia Petraea, and extending far toward the East. Kedar Isa 21:17<\/span> 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 <\/SPAN><\/span> Maisaimeneis<\/I> of Ptol. (v. 7, 21). Dumah Isa 21:11<\/span> is probably <\/SPAN><\/span> Doumetha<\/I> (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 <\/SPAN><\/span> Masanoi<\/I> of Ptolemy (v. 19, 2), northeast of Duma. Hadar is Hadad in 1Ch 1:30<\/span>, the Samaritan Pentateuch, Onkelos, perhaps the Septuagint, and many codices. It is supposed to be <\/SPAN><\/span> Chatteenia<\/I> (Polyb.), Attene, and to lie between Oman and Bahrein. Tema Job 6:19<\/span>; Isa 21:14<\/span>; Jer 25:23<\/span> 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 1Ch 6:19<\/span>, 1Ch 6:22<\/span> 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.<\/P> Gen 25:17-18<\/B><\/span><\/P> 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 Gen 16:12<\/span>.<\/P> <\/p>\n Gen 25:12-18<\/span><\/p>\n These are the generations of Ishmael<\/em><\/p>\n I.<\/strong><\/p>\n The generations of Ishmael<\/strong><\/p>\n (1)<\/strong> Jews, <\/p>\n (2)<\/strong> Ishmaelites. (T. H. Leale.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The genealogies of the wicked<\/strong><\/p>\n 1.<\/strong> The genealogies of the wicked, God sometimes recorded for His own glory and the sake of the Church (Gen 25:12<\/span>). <\/p>\n 2.<\/strong> God doth by name punctually perform His promise unto His servants, though it be concerning the wicked. <\/p>\n 3.<\/strong> God doth vouchsafe a more abundant seed sometimes to the children of the flesh than to the children of the promise. Ishmael hath many sons, it is long till Isaac hath any. <\/p>\n 4.<\/strong> Great dignities, commands, and powers below God doth cast upon bondmen in the Church (Gen 25:16<\/span>). One drachm of grace is above monarchies. <\/p>\n 5.<\/strong> A long age may betide an Ishmael, but not a good one. <\/p>\n 6.<\/strong> A like death may seem to be both to the righteous and the wicked, but it is not so in truth. <\/p>\n 7.<\/strong> The wicked in death are gathered to their people as well as the righteous unto theirs (Gen 25:17<\/span>). <\/p>\n 8.<\/strong> God giveth the lot of habitation, motion and cessation unto the worst of men on earth (Gen 25:18<\/span>). (G. Hughes, B. D.<\/em>)<\/p>\n Verse 12<\/span>. These are the generations of Ishmael<\/B><\/I>] 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<\/I> has been already referred to; God blessed him according to the promise. He had also promised to multiply Ishmael<\/I>, and an account of his generation is introduced to show how exactly the promise had also been fulfilled to him.<\/P> <\/p>\n They are here recorded as an evidence of Gods faithfulness in fulfilling his promise made to Abraham, Gen 16:10<\/span>; 17:20<\/span>. cir. 1800<\/I> <\/P> <\/p>\n Now these [are] the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son<\/strong>,…. 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, Ge 16:10<\/span>:<\/p>\n whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham<\/strong>; see<\/p>\n Ge 16:1<\/span>.<\/p>\n (Compare 1Ch 1:28-31<\/span>)<\/p>\n To show that the promises of God, which had been made to Ishmael (Gen 16:10<\/span>. and Gen 17:20<\/span>), were fulfilled, a short account is given of his descendants; and according to the settled plan of Genesis, this account precedes the history of Isaac. This is evidently the intention of the list which follows of the twelve sons of Ishmael, who are given as princes of the tribes which sprang from them. Nebajoth<\/em> and Kedar<\/em> are mentioned in Isa 60:7<\/span> as rich possessors of flocks, and, according to the current opinion which Wetzstein<\/em> disputes, are the Nabataei et Cedrei<\/em> of Pliny<\/em> ( h. n.<\/em> 5, 12). The Nabataeans<\/em> held possession of Arabia Petraea<\/em>, with Petra<\/em> as their capital, and subsequently extended toward the south and north-east, probably as far as Babylon; so that the name was afterwards transferred to all the tribes to the east of the Jordan, and in the Nabataean writings became a common name for Chaldeans (ancient Babylonians), Syrians, Canaanites, and others. The Kedarenes<\/em> are mentioned in Isa 21:17<\/span> as good bowmen. They dwelt in the desert between Arabia Petraea and Babylon (Isa 42:11<\/span>; Psa 120:5<\/span>). According to Wetzstein<\/em>, they are to be found in the nomad tribes of Arabia Petraea up to Harra<\/em>. The name Dumah<\/em>, (Ptol. v. 19, 7, Steph. Byz<\/em>.), Domata<\/em> (Plin. 6, 32), has been retained in the modern Dumat el Jendel<\/em> in Nejd, the Arabian highland, four days’ journey to the north of Taima. – Tema:<\/em> a trading people (Job 6:19<\/span>; Isa 21:14<\/span>; mentioned in Jer 25:23<\/span>, between Dedan and Bus) in the land of Taima<\/em>, on the border of Nejd and the Syrian desert. According to Wetzstein<\/em>, Dma<\/em> and Tma<\/em> are still two important places in Eastern Hauran, three-quarters of an hour apart. Jetur<\/em> and Naphish<\/em> were neighbours of the tribes of Israel to the east of the Jordan (1Ch 5:19<\/span>), who made war upon them along with the Hagrites, the of Ptol. and Strabo. From Jetur<\/em> sprang the Ituraeans<\/em>, who lived, according to Strabo<\/em>, near the Trachonians in an almost inaccessible, mountainous, and cavernous country; according to Wetzstein<\/em>, in the mountains of the Druses in the centre of the Hauran, possibly the forefathers of the modern Druses. The other names are not yet satisfactorily determined. For Adbeel<\/em>, Mibsam<\/em>, and Kedma<\/em>, the Arabian legends give no corresponding names. Mishma<\/em> is associated by Knobel<\/em> with the of Ptol. vi. 7, 21, to the N.E. of Medina; Massa<\/em> with the on the N.E. of Duma; Hadad<\/em> (the proper reading for Hadar<\/em>, according to 1Ch 1:30<\/span>, the lxx, Sam., Masor., and most MSS) with the Arabian coast land, Chathth<\/em>, between Oman and Bahrein, a district renowned for its lancers ( , Polyb.; Attene, Plin<\/em>.).<\/p>\n Gen 25:16<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong> These are the Ishmaelites “ in their villages and encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes<\/em>.” : premises hedged round, then a village without a wall in contrast with a walled town (Lev 25:31<\/span>). : a circular encampment of tents, the tent village of the Dur<\/em> of the Bedouins. , here and Num 25:15<\/span>, is not used of nations, but of the tribe-divisions or single tribes of the Ishmaelites and Midianites, for which the word had apparently become a technical term among them.<\/p>\n Gen 25:17-18<\/span><\/p>\n <\/strong> Ishmael died at the age of 137, and his descendants dwelt in Havilah – i.e., according to Gen 10:29<\/span>, the country of the Chaulotaeans<\/em>, on the borders of Arabia Petraea and Felix – as far as Shur<\/em> (the desert of Jifar<\/em>, Gen 16:7<\/span>) to the east of Egypt, “in the direction of Assyria.” Havilah and Shur therefore formed the south-eastern and south-western boundaries of the territories of the Ishmaelites, from which they extended their nomadic excursions towards the N.E. as far as the districts under Assyrian rule, i.e., to the lands of the Euphrates, traversing the whole of the desert of Arabia, or (as Josephus<\/em> says, Ant.<\/em> i. 12, 4) dwelling from the Euphrates to the Red Sea. Thus, according to the announcement of the angel, Ishmael “encamped in the presence of all his brethren.” , to throw one’s self, to settle down, with the subordinate idea of keeping by force the place you have taken (Jdg 7:12<\/span>). Luther<\/em> wavers between corruit, vel cecidit, vel fixit tabernaculum <\/em>.<\/p>\n Verses 12-18:<\/strong><\/p>\n God had promised to bless Ishmael (Ge 21:13) and make of his seed a mighty people, because Abraham was his father. Twelve sons were born to Ishmael. <\/strong>Each became the father of a tribe or nation. Ishmael’s descendants inhabited the wild expanses and mountains of the Arabian Peninsula. Part of their territory overlapped that of Keturah’s descendants. The region includes modern Syria, Jordan, portions of Saudi Arabia, and other areas along the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Suez.<\/p>\n “Castles,” verse 16, tirah, <\/strong>means tower, or stronghold. Use of this term implies the warlike nature of Ishmael’s descendants.<\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n 12. Now these are the generations of Ishmael. This narration is not superfluous. In the commencement of the chapter, Moses alludes to what was done for the sons of Keturah. Here he speaks designedly more at large, for the purpose of showing that the promise of God, given in the seventeenth chapter (Gen 17:1<\/span>,) was confirmed by its manifest accomplishment. In the first place, it was no common gift of God that Ishmael should have twelve sons who should possess rank and authority over as many tribes; but inasmuch as the event corresponded with the promise, we must chiefly consider the veracity of God, as well as the singular benevolence and honor which he manifested towards his servant Abraham, when, even in those benefits which were merely adventitious, he dealt so kindly and liberally with him; for that may rightly be regarded as adventitious which was superadded to the spiritual covenant: therefore Moses, after he has enumerated the towns in which the posterity of Ishmael was distributed, buries that whole race in oblivion, that substantial perpetuity may remain only in the Church, according to the declaration in Psa 102:28<\/span>, “the sons of sons shall inhabit.” (24) Further, Moses, as with his finger, shows the wonderful counsel of God, because, in assigning a region distinct from the land of Canaan to the sons of Ishmael, he has both provided for them in future, and kept the inheritance vacant for the sons of Isaac. <\/p>\n (24) “ Filii filiorum habitabunt.” In the English it is, “The children of thy servants shall continue.” — Ed. <\/p>\n CRITICAL NOTES.<\/strong><\/p>\n Gen. 25:12<\/span><\/strong>. These are the generations.<\/strong>] Forms the eighth document so commencing.<\/p>\n Gen. 25:16<\/span><\/strong>. By their towns, and by their castles.<\/strong>] The former are unwalled collections of houses or perhaps tents; the latter fortified keeps or encampments. (Murphy.) Kalish<\/em> renders the clause, By their villages and by their tents. The Arabs are divided into two classes, the wandering Bedouins, living in tents; and those who dwell in towns and villages.<\/p>\n Gen. 25:17<\/span><\/strong>. 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.<\/strong>] Ishmaels death is here recorded by anticipation. It happened forty-eight years after Abrahams death, and when Isaac was one hundred and twenty-three years old.<\/p>\n Gen. 25:18<\/span><\/strong>. He died in the presence of all his brethren.<\/strong>] Heb. He fell,<\/em> or, it fell to him.<\/em> The meaning seems to be, he had settled down,<\/em> or, fallen into the lot of his inheritance,<\/em> according to the prediction. (Gen. 16:12<\/span>.) He was unsubjugated by his brethren though dwelling beside them.<\/p>\n MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.<\/em>Gen. 25:12-18<\/span><\/em><\/p>\nFuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
I.<\/strong> THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT APPOINTED TO THE MOST HONOURABLE PLACE ARE YET CARED FOR BY PROVIDENCE. <\/p>\n
II.<\/strong> THAT PROVIDENCE AFFORDS ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAITH AND VIRTUE. <\/p>\n
III.<\/strong> THAT THE FAITHFULNESS OF PROVIDENCE MAY BE PROVED ON DIFFERENT LINES. Past and present condition of <\/p>\nFuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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