“Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.”
Genesis 25:18
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Hostility toward all their brothers
The Hebrew reads literally that Ishmael's people settled facing all their brothers (al-penei kol-echav), close to their kin and set against them. The verb for settled is naphal, used for a people spreading over a land. The angel had said one boy would dwell there (Genesis 16:12), and this verse records a nation spread from Havilah to Shur.
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