KJV King James Version
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.
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Genesis 25:18
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
WEB World English Bible
They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
ASV American Standard Version
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he abode over against all his brethren.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they tabernacle from Havilah unto Shur, which is before Egypt, in thy going towards Asshur; in the presence of all his brethren hath he fallen.
Surrounding context — Genesis 25
15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
16 These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17 And these [are] the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.
18 And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.
19 And these [are] the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20 And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
21 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she [was] barren: and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
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וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּH7931 · sha.khanto dwellמֵֽחֲוִילָ֜הH2341 · cha.vi.lahHavilahעַד־H5704 · adtillשׁ֗וּרH7793 · shurShurאֲשֶׁר֙H834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמִצְרַ֔יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptבֹּאֲכָ֖הH935 · boto come (in): comeאַשּׁ֑וּרָהH804 · ash.shurAssyriaעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכָל־H3605 · kolallאֶחָ֖יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingנָפָֽל׃ פH5307 · na.phalto fall: fall
Cross-references
Genesis 16:12And he will be a wild man; his hand [will be] against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.Genesis 20:1And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.2 Kings 23:29In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him.1 Samuel 15:7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.Isaiah 19:23-24In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.Psalm 78:64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.Genesis 21:21And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.Genesis 10:7And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan.Genesis 10:29And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these [were] the sons of Joktan.Genesis 13:10And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it [was] well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [even] as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.Genesis 14:10And the vale of Siddim [was full of] slimepits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain.Genesis 2:11The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
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