These {are} their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, {that} I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up {their voice}, the villages {that} Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. {Bashemath: or, Mahalath}

All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they {were} Ishmaelites.)

Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.

The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.

Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, {that} I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these {were they} thy merchants. {they occupied...: Heb. they were the merchants of thy hand}

For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. {Mahalath: or, Bashemath}

For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. {over: or, over to}

And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. {Bashemath: or, Mahalath}

And the princes of Succoth said, {Are} the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army?