EXTRA · classical (not a TT unit)

Chayei Sarah 25:13 · EXTRA

Parashas Chayei Sarah · Passuk 25:13

The Complete Passuk

וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל בִּשְׁמֹתָ֖ם לְתוֹלְדֹתָ֑ם בְּכֹ֤ר יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ נְבָיֹ֔ת וְקֵדָ֥ר וְאַדְבְּאֵ֖ל וּמִבְשָֽׂם׃

These are the names of the sons of Yishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nevayot, the first-born of Yishmael, Kedar, Adbe’el, Mivsam,

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Source Citation

Rashi on Bereishis 25:13 (classical source on this passuk; not listed as a numbered Torah Temimah unit here).

Lemma / focus: בשמתם לתולדתם.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בשמותם לתולדותם. סֵדֶר לֵידָתָן זֶה אַחַר זֶה:

English: By the order in which they were born one after the other.

On the daf / in context: The phrase fixes the list as birth order, not rank by power or territory.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Rashi) — not a formal named middah of the 13: “by their names according to their generations” is taken as chronological birth order.

What Is Learned

The sons of Yishmael are listed by the order of their birth, one after the other.