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Genesis 25:16 Hebrew Text Analysis

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New American Standard Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.King James Bible
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.Holman Christian Standard Bible
These are Ishmael's sons, and these are their names by their villages and encampments: 12 leaders of their clans.

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castles.
The word tiroth, rendered 'castles,' is supposed by some to denote here 'towers,' fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, 'shepherds' cots,' surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word teyaro, and Arabic tawar, signify 'a sheep-fold.'

twelve.

Genesis 17:20,23 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, …

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