30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad,
30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
(Read 1 Chronicles 1:28-54)
The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. Ecclesiastes 1:4; Numbers 32:14, and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be distinguished as the Lord's people.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Genesis 25:14
Commentary on Genesis 25:11-18
(Read Genesis 25:11-18)
Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia. The number and strength of this family were the fruit of the promise, made to Hagar and to Abraham, concerning Ishmael.