Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
New American Standard Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps;
King James Version
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
Holman Bible
These are Ishmael’s sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders
International Standard Version
These were Ishmael's children, listed by their names according to their villages and their camps. There were a total of twelve tribal chiefs, according to their clans.
A Conservative Version
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their nations.
American Standard Version
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations.
Amplified
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their settlements, and by their encampments (sheepfolds); twelve princes (sheiks) according to their tribes.
Darby Translation
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their hamlets and their encampments twelve princes of their peoples.
Julia Smith Translation
These the sons of Ishmael, and these their names, in their villages, and in their fortresses; twelve princes, according to their nation.
King James 2000
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.
Lexham Expanded Bible
These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names by their villages and by their encampments--12 leaders according to their tribes.
Modern King James verseion
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names, by their towns and by their settlements; twelve chiefs according to their nations.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their towns and castles; twelve princes of nations.
NET Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps -- twelve princes according to their clans.
New Heart English Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
The Emphasized Bible
these, same, are the sons of Ishmael and these, their names, by their villages and by their encampments, - twelve princes, after their tribes.
Webster
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
World English Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
Youngs Literal Translation
these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
Themes
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Became the head of a great nation
Interlinear
Shem
Sh@nayim
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Genesis 25:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Ishmael's Family Records
15 Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples. 17 And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 17:20
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Genesis 17:23
And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.