Ishmael

The angel of the Lordproceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the Lordhas heard your cry of affliction.

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abrahamʼs household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.

This is the account of Abrahamʼs son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarahʼs maidservant, bore to Abraham.

These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.

Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abrahamʼs son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.

and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.

Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed.

So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.

Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Then he added, “Let me make a request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his plunder.” (For the enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

These are their genealogies: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels. Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys.

the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites,