Genesis 10:19

10:19 and the borders of Canaan extended ¹  from Sidon ²  all the way to ³  Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to ⁴  Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 10:30

10:30 Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to ⁵  Sephar in the eastern hills.

Genesis 25:18

25:18 His descendants ⁶  settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next ⁷  to Egypt all the way ⁸  to Asshur. ⁹  They settled ¹⁰  away from all their relatives. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “were.”

² map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.

³ tn Heb “as you go.”

⁴ tn Heb “as you go.”

⁵ tn Heb “as you go.”

⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Ishmael’s descendants) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “which is by the face of,” or near the border. The territory ran along the border of Egypt.

¹¹ tn Heb “as you go.”

¹² sn The name Asshur refers here to a tribal area in the Sinai.

¹³ tn Heb “he fell.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “upon the face of all his brothers.” This last expression, obviously alluding to the earlier oracle about Ishmael (Gen 16:12), could mean that the descendants of Ishmael lived in hostility to others or that they lived in a territory that was opposite the lands of their relatives. While there is some ambiguity about the meaning, the line probably does give a hint of the Ishmaelite-Israelite conflicts to come.