These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 25:17 in context
Genesis 25:14–20
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
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Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.
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These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up his spirit and died, and was gathered to his people.
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They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
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This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
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Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife.
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