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Ishmael. ISHMAEL ĭsh’ mĭ əl ( יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל, God hears ). Son of Abraham and Hagar, mentioned mainly in Genesis 16; 17; 21. 1. Name. The name is patterned on a common Sem. theophoric formation in which the deity is the subject of a sentence, in this case El (God), and the other element the predicate, in this case the verb “to ...
Genesis 25:12-18. New Living Translation. Ishmael’s Descendants. 12 This is the account of the family of Ishmael, the son of Abraham through Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant. 13 Here is a list, by their names and clans, of Ishmael’s descendants: The oldest was Nebaioth, followed by Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad ...
The Ishmaelites ( Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized : Banī Ismā'īl, lit. 'sons of Ishmael'; Hebrew: יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים, romanized : Yīšməʿēʾlīm) were a collection of various Arab tribes, tribal confederations and small kingdoms described in Abrahamic tradition as being descended from and named after ...
Nov 20, 2019 · While the gentilic name Ishmaelites is one of the collective names of Arab tribes, the personal name Ishmael is a character in the Abraham story. The name, with its use of the Hebrew root ש.מ.ע, well suited the literary needs of the author in Genesis, who depicted God as the one who heard Hagar’s affliction (16:11), Abraham’s distress ...
Ishmael was the son of Abraham and his Egyptian concubine Hagar, Sarah’s maid. After Hagar became pregnant, she behaved insolently toward Sarah, who in return treated her harshly. Hagar fled into the desert, where an angel appeared to her and announced that she would have a son who would be called Ishmael, because God had heard her affliction.
Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, Yišmaʿel, Arabic: إسماعيل, Ismā'īl; "God will hear") was Abraham 's eldest son, born by his wife's handmaiden Hagar. In Islamic tradition, he was the ancestor of the prophet Muhammad and the son whom Abraham offered as a sacrifice to God. In the Book of Genesis, Ishmael was the first of ...
Ishmael (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) asked "Yes, he told me to convey his salutation to you and to tell you to change the threshold of your gate," she said. Ishmael realized it was his father and understood the encoded message; he said, "It was my father, and you are the threshold of the gate. He has ordered me to divorce you.
