Of course, this is an improbable age for someone to have a son, but no more so than when Abraham and Sarah were 100 and 90 respectively when Isaac was born. There is literary evidence in The Bible itself as to how the oral storytellers arrived at these ages and the biblical lifespans of the Patriarchs.
Abraham's first son was Ishmael, who was born to him by his wife's servant, Hagar. Ishmael is considered the ancestor of the Arab people.
Abraham was exceedingly happy when Ishmael was born and wished that Ishmael would be the child of promise, showing little faith in God's abilities. But God corrected Abraham and told him that his son Isaac will fill that role. He had other plans for Ishmael:
Hagar bore Abraham's child Ishmael. It was Abraham's first son and Hagar was the servant of Abraham and Sarah. She bore a son because Abraham needed a son to carry on the family name.
Abraham laughed, not because he thought he was too old to sire a son for he had already fathered Ishmael (many middle eastern people are direct descendants of Ishmael), but because God had told him He would give Abraham a son by his wife Sarah who was 90 years old. Abraham asked God to bless Ishmael as Abraham did not believe it possible for Sarah to conceive at her age. Read the whole account in Genesis 17.
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Ishmael was not the promised son from God. Ishmael came about because Sarah gave Abraham Hagar to produce a son thinking that they would help God out with His promise of a son. A big mistake. Abraham was 86 years old when Ishmael was born.
According to the Old Testament text, Abraham's first son was Ishmael.
The son of Abraham and Hagar was Ishmael.
Yes. Arabs consider Ishmael, Abraham's son, to be their progenitor.
According to the bible the first son of Abraham was Ishmael , who was born to his slave Hagger.
Ishmael.
ihmael is the son of the woman that abraham really loved
Abraham's first son was Ishmael, who was born to him by his wife's servant, Hagar. Ishmael is considered the ancestor of the Arab people.
Issac was the son born to both Abraham and Sarah., while Ishmael was born to Hager.
Abraham was exceedingly happy when Ishmael was born and wished that Ishmael would be the child of promise, showing little faith in God's abilities. But God corrected Abraham and told him that his son Isaac will fill that role. He had other plans for Ishmael:
Hagar was Abrahams slave.And she was the mother of Ishmael.
Abraham had several wives Sarah, Hager and his sons were Isaac and Ishmael.