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Genesis 25:18

Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

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ASV

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: he abode over against all his brethren.

KJV

And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁכְּנ֨וּvai.yish.ke.Nuand they dweltH7931 →
מֵֽחֲוִילָ֜הme.cha.vi.Lahfrom HavilahH2341 →
עַד־'ad-toH5704 →
שׁ֗וּרShurShurH7793 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherwhichH834 →
עַל־'al-[is] onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֣יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
בֹּאֲכָ֖הbo.'a.Khahgoing youH935 →
אַשּׁ֑וּרָה'a.Shu.rahAsshur towardsH804 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440 →
כָל־khol-allH3605 →
אֶחָ֖יו'e.Chavrelatives hisH251 →
נָפָֽל׃ פna.Falhe fellH5307 →

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Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”Genesis 20:1Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.Genesis 14:10Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, some men fell into the pits, but the survivors fled to the hill country.Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.Genesis 21:21And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.Isaiah 19:23–24In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.2 Kings 23:29At the end of Josiah’s reign, Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt marched up to help the king of Assyria at the Euphrates River. King Josiah went out to confront him, but Neco faced him and killed him at Megiddo.Genesis 10:29Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.Psalms 78:64His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.Genesis 13:10And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)1 Samuel 15:7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.Genesis 10:7The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan.Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.Ezekiel 23:23the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, the men of Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them—all desirable young men, governors and commanders, officers and men of renown, mounted on horses.Genesis 21:14Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.Genesis 2:14The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.1 Samuel 27:9Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

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