13. Ishmael had twelve sons, in this order: Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
14. Mishma, Dumah, Massa,
15. Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
16. Each of Ishmael's sons was a tribal chief, and a village was named after each of them.
17-18. Ishmael had settled in the land east of his brothers, and his sons settled everywhere from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt on the way to Asshur. Ishmael was one hundred and thirty-seven when he died.
19. Isaac was the son of Abraham,
20. and he was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel. She was also the sister of Laban, the Aramean from northern Syria.Almost twenty years later,
21. Rebekah still had no children. So Isaac asked the Lord to let her have a child, and the Lord answered his prayer.