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Genesis 25:18 KJV
Genesis · chapter 25 · verse 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.Genesis 25:18 · King James Version
Genesis 25:18 in context
16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
17And 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.
18And 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.
19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:
20And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HavilahChăvîylâhChavilah, the name of two or three eastern regionsH2341 →
- AssyriaʼAshshûwrAshshur, the second son of ShemH804 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- dweltshâkanto reside or permanently stayH7931 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- goestbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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Immediately after the account of Abraham's death, Moses begins the story of Isaac (Gen 25:11), and tells us where he dwelt and how remarkably God blessed him. Note, The blessing of Abraham did not die with him, but survived to all the children of the promise.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-18