Genesis 25:16
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These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.

castles.

twelve.

Genesis 17:20,23 And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation. . . .

Context
The Descendants of Ishmael
15Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma. 16These are the sons of Ismael: and these are their names by their castles and towns, twelve princes of their tribes.17And the years of Ismael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven, and decaying he died, and was gathered unto his people.…
Cross References
Genesis 17:20
And as for Ismael I have also heard thee. Behold, I will bless him, and increase, and multiply him exceedingly: he shall beget twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 25:15
Hadar, and Thema, and Jethur, and Naphis, and Cedma.

Numbers 31:10
And all their cities, and their villages, and castles, they burned.

1 Chronicles 6:54
And these are their dwelling places by the towns and confines, to wit, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Caathites: for they fell to them by lot.

Lexicon
These
אֵ֣לֶּה (êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

were
הֵ֞ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

the sons
בְּנֵ֤י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Ishmael,
יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ (yiš·mā·‘êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3458: Ishmael -- 'God hears', the name of several Israelites

and these
וְאֵ֣לֶּה (wə·’êl·leh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

were their names
שְׁמֹתָ֔ם (šə·mō·ṯām)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

by their villages
בְּחַצְרֵיהֶ֖ם (bə·ḥaṣ·rê·hem)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2691: A yard, a hamlet

and encampments—
וּבְטִֽירֹתָ֑ם (ū·ḇə·ṭî·rō·ṯām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2918: A wall, a fortress, a hamlet

twelve
שְׁנֵים־ (šə·nêm-)
Number - md
Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

princes
נְשִׂיאִ֖ם (nə·śî·’im)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5387: An exalted one, a king, sheik, a rising mist

of their tribes.
לְאֻמֹּתָֽם׃ (lə·’um·mō·ṯām)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 523: A collection, community of persons


Additional Translations
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments. Twelve princes according to their nations.

These are the sons of Ismael, and these are their names in their tents and in their dwellings, twelve princes according to their nations.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, in their hamlets and their encampments -- twelve princes of their peoples.

these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their nations.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations.

these are sons of Ishmael, and these their names, by their villages, and by their towers; twelve princes according to their peoples.
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