1 Chronicles 1 · Verse 29

1 Chronicles 1:29

These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
1 Chronicles 1:29, King James Version

1 Chronicles 1:29 in other translations

BSBThese are their genealogies:
WEBThese are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
ASVThese are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
YLTThese are their generations: first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, and Adheel, and Mibsam,
DARBYThese are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam;
BBEThese are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,
WebsterThese are their generations. The first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

What does 1 Chronicles 1:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
29. These are their generations--the heads of his twelve tribes. The great northern desert of Arabia, including the entire neck, was colonized by these tribes; and if we can recover, in the modern geography of this part of the country, Arab tribes bearing the names of those patriarchs, that is, names corresponding with those preserved in the original catalogue of Scripture, we obtain at once so many evidences, not of mere similarity, but of absolute identification [Forster]. Nebaioth--gave rise to the Nabathæans of the classic, and the Beni Nabat of Oriental writers. Kedar--the Arab tribe, El Khedeyre, on the coast of Hedgar. Abdeel--Abdilla, the name of a tribe in Yemen.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 1:28-54

The genealogy is from hence confined to the posterity of Abraham. Let us take occasion from reading these lists of names, to think of the multitudes that have gone through this world, have done their parts in it, and then quitted it. As one generation, even of sinful men, passes away, another comes. Ec 1:4; Nu 32:14, and will do so while the earth remains. Short is our passage through time into eternity. May we be…

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1 Chronicles 1:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428
תֹּלְדוֹתָ֑םto.le.do.Tam[were] generations theirH8435
בְּכ֤וֹרbe.Khor[the] firstborn ofH1060
יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yish.ma.'eLIshmaelH3458
נְבָי֔וֹתne.va.YotNebaiothH5032
וְקֵדָ֥רve.ke.Darand KedarH6938
וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖לve.'ad.be.'Eland AdbeelH110
וּמִבְשָֽׂם\׃u.miv.Samand MibsamH4017

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 1:29

  • Isaiah 21:17

    And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the Lord God of Israel hath spoken it.

  • Psalms 120:4

    Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

  • Isaiah 60:7

    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

  • Genesis 28:9

    Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife.

  • Song of Solomon 1:5

    I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

  • Genesis 25:12-16

    Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The firstborn.
Ge 25:12-16
Nebaioth.
Ge 28:9
Nebajoth.
Isa 60:7
Kedar.
Ps 120:4; So 1:5; Isa 21:17

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 1:28

    The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

  • 1 Chronicles 1:29

    These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

  • 1 Chronicles 1:30

    Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema,

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1 Chronicles 1:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y estas son sus descendencias: el primogénito de Ismael, Nabajoth; después Cedar, Adbeel, Misam,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Ce sont ici leurs générations: le premier-né d’Ismaël, Nebaïoth; et Kédar, et Adbeël, et Mibsam;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dies sind ihre Geschlechter: Der Erstgeborene Ismaels: Nebajoth; und Kedar und Adbeel und Mibsam,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et hæ generationes eorum. Primogenitus Ismahelis, Nabaioth, et Cedar, et Adbeel, et Mabsam,