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Ishmael

Also known as father of the Arabs, Yishmael, Yishma'el

In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) was the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137.

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Ishmael was the firstborn son of the biblical patriarch Abraham, born to Abraham's handmaiden Hagar rather than to Abraham's wife Sarah. According to the Book of Genesis, he lived to be 137 years old and is an important figure in the religious histories of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Religious biography.caption: 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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Commons category: Ishmael
date of death: 1590-00-00

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Contents

Etymology
Genesis narrative
Birth
Inheritance, rights and the first circumcision
Descendants
Family tree
In various traditions
Judaism
Samaritanism
Christianity
Pre-Islamic Arabia
Islam
In the Quran
Ishmael in Muslim literature
Bahá'í Faith
See also
References
Sources
External links

In the biblical Book of Genesis, Ishmael (; ; ; ) was the first son of Abraham. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah. He died at the age of 137.

Within Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Adnanites) and patriarch of Qaydār.