Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 25:12

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 25:12 - 25:12

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 25:12 - 25:12

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

25:1 - 25:1
25:5 - 25:5
25:7 - 25:7
25:9 - 25:9
25:12 - 25:12
25:18 - 25:18
25:19 - 25:19
25:21 - 25:21
25:27 - 25:27
25:28 - 25:28
25:29 - 25:29
25:31 - 25:31
25:32 - 25:32

Gen 25:12-18. Descendants of Ishmael.

Before passing to the line of the promised seed, the historian gives a brief notice of Ishmael, to show that the promises respecting that son of Abraham were fulfilled - first, in the greatness of his posterity (compare Gen 17:20); and, secondly, in their independence.