So, God promised Abraham a son, and since Sarah was old and she didn't trust God she got the bright idea of giving Abraham her maid Hagar to get pregnant and they concieved Ishmael, then Sarah herself got pregnant with Isaac. Even though Sarah and Abraham disobeyed God, He still loved and blessed Ishmael: "20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation." so in short, Ishmael became a father to nations, just like his daddy. the whole story's here: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%2017;&version=31;
Abraham named Ishmael (Genesis 16:15).
No, Ishmael in "Moby-Dick" is not the same character as Ishmael in the Bible. In the novel, Ishmael is a sailor who serves as the narrator and protagonist, while in the Bible, Ishmael is a figure who appears as the son of Abraham and Hagar. The naming of the character in "Moby-Dick" may be an intentional reference to the biblical figure, but they are not the same.
Ishmael was named by his mother, Hagar, as instructed by an angel in the Old Testament of the Bible.
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References to Ishmael in the Bible can be found in the books of Genesis and Galatians. In Genesis, Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar, while in Galatians, he is used as an allegory for the slave woman in contrast to Isaac, who represents the free woman.
According to the Bible, there is no supernatural similarity with Ishmael, John the Baptist and Jesus Christ, for Ishmael and John the Baptist were men, and Jesus Christ is LORD and God
In the Torah and the Christian Bible, Ishmael was the son of Abraham.
Ishmael (Genesis ch.16 and 21).
Muslims are descendants of Ishmael.
According to the bible the first son of Abraham was Ishmael , who was born to his slave Hagger.
Ishmael definitely is from the bible. It means, God hears. Ishmael was the son of Abraham that Hagar, his wife's servant, bore for him. When Abraham and his wife, Sarai, couldn't have children, Sarai gave Hagar to Abraham so that Abraham would at least have a child. Ishmael was the end result. I don't believe that Abah is a name from the bible, but Ahab (not Abah) was one of the most wicked kings of Israel from the Old Testament.
The bible does not tell us how many sons he had, only that he became the father of the Ishmaelites, a wandering race of people. According to the Bible, Ishmael had 12 sons who became twelve tribal chiefs. 13And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 14And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, 15Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: 16These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations.