Genesis 25:12
ESV
These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham 's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah 's servant, bore to Abraham.
NIV
This is the account of the family line of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Sarah’s slave, Hagar the Egyptian, bore to Abraham.
NASB
Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave woman, bore to Abraham;
CSB
These are the family records of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s slave, bore to Abraham.
NLT
This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant.
KJV
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
NKJV
Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
What does Genesis 25:12 mean?
Genesis 25, coming at the end of Abraham's life and the beginning of God's blessing on and through Isaac, takes some time to establish the genealogies of all of Abraham's sons. The verses following this one will describe the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son with Hagar. Hagar had been Sarah's Egyptian handmaid until, at Sarah's urging, Abraham had married her in hopes of finally producing an heir. The pregnancy that resulted, however, led to pain for all involved and not to the child of promise, as they had hoped (Genesis 16; 21:9–21).Still God blessed Ishmael in many ways, as He seems to have done for all the sons of Abraham (Genesis 12:1–3).
