Genesis 25:16 (KJV)

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These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names by their towns and by their castles twelve princes according to their nations

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twelve. Ge 17:20 Ge 17:23

castles.The word {tiroth,} rendered "castles," is supposed by some to denote here "towers," fortified rocks, or mountain-tops, and fastnesses of various kinds in woods and hilly countries; but it rather means, "shepherds' cots," surrounded by sufficient enclosures to prevent the cattle from straying, as the cognate Syriac word {teyaro,} and Arabic {tawar,} signify "a sheep-fold."

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