²⁴Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah; ²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu; ²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah; ²⁷Abram (the same is Abraham).

25. Peleg] the name perhaps signifies “Division” (see verse 19), and may refer to some great period of migration among the Semitic tribes.

2831 (= Genesis xxv. 1216).
The Descent of the Ishmaelite Tribes from Abraham

²⁸The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

²⁹These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

29. Nebaioth] Compare Isaiah lx. 7.

Kedar] Isaiah xxi. 1317.

³⁰Mishma, and Dumah, Massa; Hadad, and Tema,

30. Dumah] Isaiah xxi. 11.

Massa] Proverbs xxxi. 1 (Revised Version margin).