1 Chronicles 1:28

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,

27 and Abram (that is, Abraham).

The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

29 These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
KJV
The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.
WEB
The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
ASV
The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.
DARBY
The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
BLB
The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.
ÅB
Abrahams sønner var Isak og Ismael.
OTB
Abrahams sønner var:
kalt Isak og Ismael.
B1930
Abrahams sønner var Isak og Ismael.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 16:11–16

    The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

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  • Genesis 17:19–21

    But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

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  • Genesis 21:12

    But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

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  • Genesis 21:2–5

    So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

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  • Genesis 21:9–10

    But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

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