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Gen 25:16 — These [are] the sons of Ishmael, and these [are] their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

castles		"The word tiroth, rendered ""castles,"" is supposed by some to denote here ""towers,"" fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, ""shepherds' cots,"" surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word teyaro, and Arabic tawar, signify ""a sheep-fold."""
twelve		Gen 17:20,23

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twelve

	Gen 17:20	And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
	Gen 17:23	And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 25:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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