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NASB | Genesis 16:12 "He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 16:12 "He (Ishmael) will be a wild donkey of a man; His hand will be against every man [continually fighting] And every man's hand against him; And he will dwell in defiance of all his brothers." |
Subject: Explain the Isaac / Ishmael conflict? |
Bible Note: You are very welcome Waterchief! For a little more on Ishmael (taken from Nave's Topical Bible).. "Son of Abraham Gen_16:11; Gen_16:15; Gen_16:16; 1Ch_1:28; Prayer of Abraham for Gen_17:18; Gen_17:20; Circumcised Gen_17:23-26; Promised to be the father of a nation Gen_16:11; Gen_16:12; Gen_17:20; Gen_21:12; Gen_21:13; Gen_21:18; Sent away by Abraham Gen. 21:6-21; With Isaac buries his father Gen_25:9; Children of Gen_25:12-18; 1Ch_1:29-31; Daughter of, marries Esau Gen_28:9; Gen_36:2; Gen_36:3; Death of Gen_25:17; Gen_25:18;" And from Easton's Bible Dictionary... "Ishmael God hears. (1.) Abraham's eldest son, by Hagar the concubine (Gen_16:15; Gen_17:23). He was born at Mamre, when Abraham was eighty-six years of age, eleven years after his arrival in Canaan (Gen_16:3; Gen_21:5). At the age of thirteen he was circumcised (Gen_17:25). He grew up a true child of the desert, wild and wayward. On the occasion of the weaning of Isaac his rude and wayward spirit broke out in expressions of insult and mockery (Gen_21:9-10); and Sarah, discovering this, said to Abraham, "Expel this slave and her son." Influenced by a divine admonition, Abraham dismissed Hagar and her son with no more than a skin of water and some bread. The narrative describing this act is one of the most beautiful and touching incidents of patriarchal life (Gen_21:14-16). (See HAGAR.) Ishmael settled in the land of Paran, a region lying between Canaan and the mountains of Sinai; and "God was with him, and he became a great archer" (Gen_21:9-21). He became a great desert chief, but of his history little is recorded. He was about ninety years of age when his father Abraham died, in connection with whose burial he once more for a moment reappears. On this occasion the two brothers met after being long separated. "Isaac with his hundreds of household slaves, Ishmael with his troops of wild retainers and half-savage allies, in all the state of a Bedouin prince, gathered before the cave of Machpelah, in the midst of the men of Heth, to pay the last duties to the 'father of the faithful,' would make a notable subject for an artist" (Gen_25:9). Of the after events of his life but little is known. He died at the age of one hundred and thirty-seven years, but where and when are unknown (Gen_25:17). He had twelve sons, who became the founders of so many Arab tribes or colonies, the Ishmaelites, who spread over the wide desert spaces of Northern Arabia from the Red Sea to the Euphrates (Gen_37:25, Gen_37:27-28; Gen_39:1), "their hand against every man, and every man's hand against them." Posted with the use of E-Sword software (http://www.e-sword.net) Blessings to you and your family! Nolan |
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