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What is the Jewish perspective of Ishmael?

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Jews see Ishmael as a recipient of the covenant with Abraham, that he would be the father of a nation and agree with the Muslims that that nation was the Arabs. However, Ishmael did not receive the more important covenant, the ability to continue the tradition of the Hebrew religion and the Right to the Land of Israel, which belonged to Isaac. Ishmael as an individual was viewed as a friend to Isaac, but the prophecy in Genesis 16:12 holds that the descendants of Ishmael would have conflict with the rest of the world.

Genesis 16:12

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man;

his hand will be against everyone

and everyone's hand against him,

and he will live in hostility

toward all his brothers."

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