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There are 6 Ishmaels mentioned in The Bible, but let's assume you refer to the first and most well known , Abraham's son. The name "Ishmael" means "God listens".

--Ishmael's birth was prophesied(Genesis 16:11), as was his disposition. Genesis 16:12 tells us that he would be a 'zebra of a man', and like a zebra, display a fiercely independent, impulsive and obstinate spirit.(Jeremiah 2:24/Hosea 8:9)

--Ishmael was born in 1932 BCE (Isaac in 1918 BCE)(Genesis 16:16/Genesis 21:5)

--Abraham was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael(Genesis 16:3,15, 16)

--Ishmael would become a great nation, but God's promise of Messiah would come through Isaac (Genesis 17:18-21)

--Abraham, Ishmael and all the men of Abraham's household were circumcised (Genesis 17:22-26)

--Ishmael mocked(or insulted) Isaac(Genesis 21:8-21)and was sent away with his mother for his cruelty(Genesis 21:14-19).

--Ishmael's descendants(Egyptian) would continue to 'afflict' Isaac's descendants(Israel) for 400 years(Genesis 15:13+14)

--Ishmael became an archer and married an Egyptian wife(Genesis 21:20+21)

--Ishmael and Isaac buried Abraham when he died(Genesis 25:9-11)

--Ishmael died at 137 years old and his family lived in Arabia near Egypt(Genesis 25:12-18) (1 Chronicles 1:28-31)

--The factual accounts of Isaac and Ishmael prefigured the future of God's people, as mentioned by Paul (Galatians 4:21-5:1) and the future of fleshly Israel (John 8:31-47)

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I believe that Ishmael is the patriarch of the Muslim people.

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