Ishmael

Hebrew origin

Ishmael is Abraham's son by Hagar; Genesis 28 records Esau marrying his daughter Mahalath.

Family

Parents

Abram

Abram, later called Abraham, is called by Yahweh to leave his father's house for…

Hagar

Hagar is Sarai's Egyptian slave-girl who bears Ishmael; in Genesis 21 she is sen…

Siblings

Isaac

Isaac is the promised son of Abraham and Sarah; Genesis 50 recalls Machpelah bur…

Genesis 16:11
you shall name him Ishmael, for Yahweh has heard your cries of distress.
Genesis 16:12
A wild donkey of a man he will be...
Genesis 16:15
Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave his son borne by Hagar the name Ishmael.
Genesis 16:16
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.
Genesis 17:20
For Ishmael too I grant you your request... He will be the father of twelve princes...
Genesis 17:25
Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when his foreskin was circumcised.
Genesis 21:9
Sarah watched the son that Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac.
Genesis 21:17
God heard the boy crying...
Genesis 21:20
God was with the boy. He grew up ... and he became an archer.
Genesis 21:21
He made his home in the desert of Paran...
Genesis 25:9
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah...
Genesis 25:12
These are the descendants of Ishmael son of Abraham by Hagar...
Genesis 25:17
The number of years Ishmael lived was one hundred and thirty-seven.
Genesis 28:9
So Esau went to Ishmael and chose for a wife, in addition to the wives he had, Mahalath daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.