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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." Ishmael [a] was the first son of Abraham, according to the Abrahamic religions. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. [1]
Jun 3, 2021 · Ishmael is thought of as a Biblical figure who holds a primary fatherhood role to Islam. Ishmael was the firstborn son of Abraham. He was born to Abraham by his slave, Hagar. Sarah, Abraham’s wife, believed that since she was old and barren, God’s promise of children to Abraham could only be fulfilled through Hagar.
Jun 17, 2024 · Ishmael, son of Abraham through Hagar, according to the three great Abrahamic religions— Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After the birth of Isaac, another son of Abraham, through Sarah, Ishmael and his mother were banished to the desert.
Apr 12, 2024 · Though not the bearer of God's covenant with Abraham through Isaac, Ishmael was nonetheless blessed by God to father a nation. He died at 137 years old, leaving a substantial lineage. We may differ in how we perceive Ishmael, but one thing is sure: his life was God’s message to Abraham.
Hagar and Ishmael. 16 Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had borne him no children. But she had an Egyptian slave named Hagar; 2 so she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.”.
Jan 4, 2022 · He lived in the desert and became an archer. While he was living in the Desert of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from Egypt” (verses 20–21). Upon Abraham’s death, he left everything to Isaac, but Ishmael did help his half-brother bury Abraham ( Genesis 25:9 ). Genesis 25:12–18 lists the descendants of Ishmael.
This union soon blessed them with their first son, Ishmael (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ). Ishmael, like his father, was appointed by Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) to serve as a noble Prophet.
e. Ishmael ( Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل, romanized : ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor to the Ishmaelites in Islam. He is the son of Ibrahim, born to Hajar. Ismail is also associated with Mecca and the construction of the Kaaba. Ismail is considered the ancestor to Muhammad .
The author of Genesis includes the Ishmael account primarily to bring about a contrast between Isaac and Ishmael, not so much as persons but as illustrations of God’s working. The point is that God, in fulfilling His promises to Abraham, was in no way bound to the natural and the ordinary, i.e., the flesh.
Ishmael. Sarai, Abram's wife, was barren ( Genesis 11:30 ). Impatient at the long delay of the promise, Sarah agreed for Abram to cohabit with her maid Hagar, and as a result Ishmael was born eleven years after Abram and Sarah entered Canaan ( Genesis 16:1-16 ).
