Genesis 25:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Genesis 25:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Section XI. - Isaac - LII. History of Ishmael 13. נבית n e bāyot , Nebajoth, “heights.” קדר qēdār , Qedar, “black.” אדבאל 'adb e 'ēl , Adbeel, “miracle of God?” מבשׂם...
Genesis 25:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 12:1 to Genesis 25:18 . The Story of Abraham. In this section the three main sources, J. E, P are present. Gunkel has given strong reasons for holding that J is here made up of two main...
Genesis 25:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. These are their names - By which their descendants were...
Genesis 25:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

By their towns— Villages, composed of tents pitched together, Jeremiah 49:31 . Some of these people however dwelt in walled towns. See Numbers 31:10 . They had also castles, fortified places, e...
Genesis 25:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. By their towns, х bªchatsreeyhem ( H2691 ); Sept...
Genesis 25:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sons of Abraham by Keturah. Death and Burial of Abraham. Descendants of Ishmael. Birth and Youth of Esau and Jacob 1. It is not known at what period of his life Abraham took Keturah as his sec...
Genesis 25:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By their towns, and by their castles. — Towns and castles in the wilderness of Paran there were none, but we know for certain that the first of these words signified an unwalled village. (See Levi...
Genesis 25:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ESAU AND JACOB Genesis 25:1-34 "He goeth as an ox goeth to the slaughter, till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life."- Prove...
Genesis 25:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Abraham's Death and Burial Genesis 25:1-18 After being for sixteen years contemporary with his grandsons, Esau and Jacob, Abraham died without owning a foot of land except the cave for which he...
Genesis 25:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The record of the death of Abraham is full of beauty. His life had been spent in the realm of the supernatural, the region of vision, the power of the spiritual. The whole of it is summed up in the w...
Genesis 25:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian,...
Genesis 25:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

These [are] the sons of Ishmael ,.... The twelve before mentioned, Genesis 25:13 : these [are] their names, by their towns and by their castles ; their towns and their castles being called after...
Genesis 25:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. Ver. 16. These are their names by their towns. ] Whic...
Genesis 25:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

OTHER GENERATIONS OF ABRAHAM We are not told what time Abraham took Keturah as a wife. Of course, God could enable him to be a father of children even after Sarah had died, but in this case he wou...
Genesis 25:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genealogy of Ishmael. B. C. 1822. 11 And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, t...
Genesis 25:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Genesis 25:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Death of Ishmael ( Genesis 25:13-19 .a). This section ends with ‘this is the family history of Isaac' ( Genesis 25:19 ), and its purpose is to record the death of Ishmael and outline his conne...
Genesis 25:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 25:12 . These are the generations.] Forms the eighth document so commencing.— Genesis 25:16 . By their towns, and by their castles. ] “The former are unwalled collecti...
Genesis 25:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 25 (with Hebrews 12:16-17 ) The chief use, apparently, of some men's lives is that they may serve as beacons, warning off those who come after them from quicksand or whirlpool. They fl...
Genesis 25:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 25:1 . Keturah is here called a wife; but a learned writer in his Bibliotheca Biblia, printed at Oxford 1720, brings forward a supposition of the Jews, that Hagar returned to Abraham aft...
Genesis 25:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

These are the generations of Ishmael I. The generations of Ishmael I. THAT THOSE WHO ARE NOT APPOINTED TO THE MOST HONOURABLE PLACE ARE YET CARED FOR BY PROVIDENCE. II. THAT PROVIDENCE AFFOR...
Genesis 25:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

§ 8. THE GENERATIONS OF ISHMAEL ( Genesis 25:12-1 ). EXPOSITION Genesis 25:12 Now these are the generations of Ishmael ,—the opening of a new section (cf. Genesis 2:4 ), in which t...
Genesis 25:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Generations of Ishmael
Genesis 25:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

castles. The word tiroth, rendered 'castles,' is supposed by some to twelve. Genesis 17:20 Genesis 17:23

Genesis 25:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 25:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 25:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 25:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 25:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 25:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 25:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 25:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge