Genesis 25:16
These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders,
Genesis 17:23
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the slaves born in his house or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that very day, just as God had said to him.
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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Twelve
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Twelve
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will certainly bless him; I will make him fruitful and will multiply him greatly. He will father 12 tribal leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.