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THE GENEALOGY OF ISHMAEL

Text: Genesis 25:12-34
27 March 2012

(I) THE GENEALOGY OF ISHMAEL

Genesis 25:12-18

1. Mother of Ishmael named

Hagar, the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant (Genesis 25:12)

2. Sons of Ishmael

a) Nebajoth (Genesis 25:13)

b) Kedar (Genesis 25:13)

c) Adbeel (Genesis 25:13)

d) Mibsam (Genesis 25:13)

e) Mishma (Genesis 25:14)

f) Dumah (Genesis 25:14)

g) Massa (Genesis 25:14)

h) Hadar (Genesis 25:15)

i) Tema (Genesis 25:15)

j) Jetur (Genesis 25:15)

k) Naphish (Genesis 25:15)

l) Kedemah (Genesis 25:15)

3. Achievements of these 12 sons of Ishmael

a) Princes

b) Towns

c) Settlements

d) Nations (Genesis 25:16) (Cf. Genesis 17:20-21)

4. Death of Ishmael

a) Died at 137 years old (Genesis 25:17)

b) Land of Ishmael’s descendants (Genesis 25:18)

(Central and northern Arabia)

(II) THE GENEALOGY OF ISAAC

Genesis 12:19-26

1. Abraham

Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19)

2. Isaac

Isaac married Rebekah when he was 40 years old (Genesis 25:19)

Rebekah’s family line noted (Genesis 25:19)

a) Daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram (Near Mesopotamia)

b) Sister of Laban the Syrian

3. Rebekah’s Problem

She was barren (Genesis 25:21)

4. Isaac’s response

Prayer (Genesis 25:21)

5. Prayer answered

Rebekah conceived (Genesis 25:21)

6. Rebekah’s inquiry of the Lord concerning her difficult pregnancy (Genesis 25:22)

7. God’s answer (Genesis 25:23)

a) Two nations/ Two peoples

b) One people shall be stronger than the other

c) The older shall serve the younger

8. Birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:24-26)

a) Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born (Genesis 25:26)

b) Esau

i) Red

ii) Hairy

c) Jacob

i) Jacob grabbed the heel of Esau when he was born

ii) Jacob means “he who takes the heel”