Genesis 25:16-17

25:16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps – twelve princes ¹  according to their clans.

25:17 Ishmael lived a total of ²  137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. ³ 

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¹ tn Or “tribal chieftains.”

² tn Heb “And these are the days of the years of Ishmael.”

³ tn Heb “And he was gathered to his people.” In the ancient Israelite view he joined his deceased ancestors in Sheol, the land of the dead.