Rodzaju 25:13 Komentarz: Rashi, Radak, Siftei Chakhamim & Rav Hirsch

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

Oto imiona synów Iszmaela podług nazw i rodowodów ich: Pierworodny Iszmaela Nebajot; po nim Kedar, i Adbeel i Mibsam; 

Rashi on Genesis

בשמתם לתולדתם BY THEIR NAMES ACCORDING TO THEIR PROGENY — by the order in which they were born one after the other.
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Radak on Genesis

ואלה...לתולדותם, in the chronological order of their birth. The firstborn of them all was Nevayot.
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Siftei Chakhamim

In order of their birth, one after another. Rashi is saying that בשמותם לתולדותם means, [“Their names] in the order of their birth.” Otherwise, why is this phrase said? This explains why it says afterwards, “Nevayos was Yishmael’s first born.”
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