Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 16 these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples. 17 And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty and seven years; and he expireth, and dieth, and is gathered unto his people;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 17:20
As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
Genesis 17:23
And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money -- every male among the men of Abraham's house -- and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.