THE GENEALOGY OF ISHMAEL
Text: Genesis 25:12-34
27 March 2012
(I) THE GENEALOGY OF ISHMAEL
Genesis 25:12-18
1. Mother of Ishmael named
Hagar, the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant (Genesis 25:12)
2. Sons of Ishmael
a) Nebajoth (Genesis 25:13)
b) Kedar (Genesis 25:13)
c) Adbeel (Genesis 25:13)
d) Mibsam (Genesis 25:13)
e) Mishma (Genesis 25:14)
f) Dumah (Genesis 25:14)
g) Massa (Genesis 25:14)
h) Hadar (Genesis 25:15)
i) Tema (Genesis 25:15)
j) Jetur (Genesis 25:15)
k) Naphish (Genesis 25:15)
l) Kedemah (Genesis 25:15)
3. Achievements of these 12 sons of Ishmael
a) Princes
b) Towns
c) Settlements
d) Nations (Genesis 25:16) (Cf. Genesis 17:20-21)
4. Death of Ishmael
a) Died at 137 years old (Genesis 25:17)
b) Land of Ishmael’s descendants (Genesis 25:18)
(Central and northern Arabia)
(II) THE GENEALOGY OF ISAAC
Genesis 12:19-26
1. Abraham
Abraham begot Isaac (Genesis 25:19)
2. Isaac
Isaac married Rebekah when he was 40 years old (Genesis 25:19)
Rebekah’s family line noted (Genesis 25:19)
a) Daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram (Near Mesopotamia)
b) Sister of Laban the Syrian
3. Rebekah’s Problem
She was barren (Genesis 25:21)
4. Isaac’s response
Prayer (Genesis 25:21)
5. Prayer answered
Rebekah conceived (Genesis 25:21)
6. Rebekah’s inquiry of the Lord concerning her difficult pregnancy (Genesis 25:22)
7. God’s answer (Genesis 25:23)
a) Two nations/ Two peoples
b) One people shall be stronger than the other
c) The older shall serve the younger
8. Birth of Esau and Jacob (Genesis 25:24-26)
a) Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born (Genesis 25:26)
b) Esau
i) Red
ii) Hairy
c) Jacob
i) Jacob grabbed the heel of Esau when he was born
ii) Jacob means “he who takes the heel”