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Ishmael יִשְׁמָעֵאל | |
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![]() Ishmael, watercolour by James Tissot, as in Genesis 21:20: "And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer." | |
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In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, romanized: Yišmāʿēʾl, lit. '"God hears"'; Ancient Greek: Ἰσμαήλ, romanized: Ismaḗl; Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized: ʾIsmāʿīl; Latin: Ismael) is the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah.[1] He died at the age of 137.[2] Traditionally, he is seen as the ancestor of the Arabs.
Within Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Adnanites) and patriarch of Qaydār.