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Nebaioth

Nebaioth height. (1.) Ishmael's eldest son (Gen 25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had a sister, Mahalath, who was one of Esau's wives (Gen 28:9; 36:3). (2.) The name of the Ishmaelite tri...

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Nebaioth height. (1.) Ishmael's eldest son (Gen 25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had a sister, Mahalath, who was one of Esau's wives (Gen 28:9; 36:3).

(2.) The name of the Ishmaelite tribe descended from the above (Gen 25:13, 18). The "rams of Nebaioth" (Isa 60:7) are the gifts which these wandering tribes of the desert would consecrate to God.

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