Genesis 25 · Verse 14

Genesis 25:14

And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
Genesis 25:14, King James Version

Genesis 25:14 in other translations

BSBMishma, Dumah, Massa,
WEBMishma, Dumah, Massa,
ASVand Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
YLTand Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
DARBYand Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
BBEAnd Mishma and Dumah and Massa,
WebsterAnd Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

What does Genesis 25:14 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa - Where the first and last of these settled is not known; but it is probable that Dumah gave his name to a place called Dumah in Arabia. See a prophecy concerning this place, Isa 21:11 (note), from which we find that it was in the vicinity of Mount Seir. These three names have passed into a proverb among the Hebrews, because of their signification. משמע mishma signifies Hearing; דומה dumah, Silence; and משא massa, Patience. Hence, "Hear much, say little, and bear much," tantamount to the famous maxim of the Stoics, Ανεχου και απεχου, "Sustain and abstain," is supposed to be the spirit of the original words.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 25:11-18

Ishmael had twelve sons, whose families became distinct tribes. They peopled a very large country that lay between Egypt and Assyria, called Arabia. The number and strength of this family were the fruit of the promise, made to Hagar and to Abraham, concerning Ishmael.

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Genesis 25:14 in the original Hebrew

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וּמִשְׁמָ֥עu.mish.Ma'and MishmaH4927
וְדוּמָ֖הve.du.Mahand DumahH1746
וּמַשָּֽׂא\׃u.ma.Sa'and MassaH4854

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

Cross references for Genesis 25:14

  • Isaiah 21:16

    For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

  • Isaiah 21:11

    The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Dumah.
Isa 21:11,16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Genesis 25:13

    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,

  • Genesis 25:14

    And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,

  • Genesis 25:15

    Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:

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Genesis 25:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Misma, y Duma, y Massa,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et Mishma, et Duma, et Massa,
German
Elberfelder 1871		und Mischma und Duma und Massa,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Masma quoque, et Duma, et Massa,