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And these are the names of Ishmael's [twelve] sons, according to their names, in the order of their birth. Ishmael's firstborn
Nevajot
and Kedar
and Adbeel
and Mivsam
so he went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, and the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife, in addition to the wives he already had.
and Basemath, the daughter of Ishmael, sister of Nebajoth.
This is their family tree:
Nevajot, Ishmael's firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, and Mibsam,
All the flocks of Kedar [in the Arabian desert, east of Syria] shall be gathered to you,
the deer of Nebaioth [east of Jordan] shall be available as sacrifices.
They shall be sacrifices that bring mercy (conditional mercy – Hebr. ratson) on my altar,
when I glorify my majestic temple.
[Both Nevajot and Kedar were sons of Ishmael, see . They were nomads and shepherds who settled east of the Jordan River. In Assyrian records of military campaigns, Kedar (called Qidri/Qadri there) is mentioned. In an account of a military campaign, Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-632 BC) boasts about the sheep, donkeys, and camels he took as spoils from Kedar, see also .]
