这是以实玛利众子的名字,照着他们的村庄,营寨,作了十二族的族长。 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.
以实玛利享寿一百三十七岁,气绝而死,归到他列祖(原文作本民)那里。 And 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.
他子孙的住处在他众弟兄东边,从哈腓拉直到埃及前的书珥,正在亚述的道上。 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.
以撒娶利百加为妻的时候正四十岁。利百加是巴旦亚兰地的亚兰人彼土利的女儿,是亚兰人拉班的妹子。 And 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.
以撒因他妻子不生育,就为她祈求耶和华。耶和华应允他的祈求,他的妻子利百加就怀了孕。 And Isaac intreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren and the LORD was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.
孩子们在她腹中彼此相争,她就说,若是这样,我为什么活着呢(或作我为什么如此呢)。她就去求问耶和华。 And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus And she went to enquire of the LORD.