Genesis 25:16
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These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes. (NASB ©1995)

Genesis 17:20 "As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. (NASB ©1995)


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

castles.
The word tiroth, rendered 'castles,' is supposed by some to denote here 'towers,' fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, 'shepherds' cots,' surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word teyaro, and Arabic tawar, signify 'a sheep-fold.'

twelve. 17:20,23

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