1 Chronicles 1:30
Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
What it says
Ishmael’s sons begin to be named from Nebaioth the firstborn through Tema in a long sequence.
What it is doing
It opens the detailed record of Ishmael’s branch.
In context
28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. 29These are their genealogies: 30Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael. 32The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: 33The sons of Midian: 34Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: