The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 1:28 Explained

1 Chronicles 1:28

KJV: The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael.

YLT: Sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

Darby: The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

ASV: The sons of Abraham: Isaac, and Ishmael.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The sons  of Abraham;  Isaac,  and Ishmael. 

What does 1 Chronicles 1:28 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 1

1  Adam's line to Noah
5  The sons of Japheth
8  The sons of Ham
17  The sons of Shem
24  Shem's line to Abraham
29  Ishmael's sons
32  The sons of Keturah
34  The posterity of Abraham by Esau
38  The sons of Seir
43  The kings of Edom
51  The dukes of Edom

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 1:28 mean?

The sons of Abraham [were] Isaac and Ishmael -
בְּנֵי֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם יִצְחָ֖ק וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל ס

בְּנֵי֙  The  sons 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
אַבְרָהָ֔ם  of  Abraham 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַבְרָהָם  
Sense: friend of God and founder of Hebrew nation via God’s elective covenant.
יִצְחָ֖ק  [were]  Isaac 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִצְחָק  
Sense: son of Abraham by Sarah his wife and father of Jacob and Esau.
וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל  and  Ishmael 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׁמָעֵאל  
Sense: son of Abraham and Sarah’s handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation