ishmael

     

Ishmael (Hebrew: יִשְׁמָעֵאל, Stanard Yišmaʿel Tiberian Yišmāʿêl; Arabic: إسماعيل, Ismā'īl) is a figure in the Torah, Bible, and Qur'an. Jewish, Christian and Muslim believers regard Ishmael as Abraham's older son, born by his wife's handmaiden Hagar. Though born of Hagar, according to Mesopotamian law, Ishmael was credited as Sarah's son (Genesis 16:2) According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137 (Genesis 25:17).

Trivia about ishmael

  • "I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world", says this narrator
  • "Call him" the narrator of "Moby Dick"
  • Call me this, the eldest son of Abraham through which Muslim Arabs trace their descent
  • To: Maneating_Harpooner,From: lSailor. Captain A's off his nut. Call me scared
  • "Moby Dick"
  • Had a whale of a time in 1851; Pequod problems; call him this narrator
  • Sarah's handmaid bore Abraham this son & was told, "His hand will be against every man"
  • Muslims "call me" & Abraham the founders of the first Ka'aba at Mecca
  • The name of this biblical son of Abraham who was cast away after the birth of Isaac now means "outcast"
  • "Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself"
  • At the end of "Moby Dick", this narrator is rescued by another whaling ship, the Rachel
  • Call me this son of Abraham & Hagar from Genesis 16
  • "We enjoined upon Abraham and" this son "to keep our house immaculate"
  • In Genesis 17, God makes a covenant with Isaac; this older half-brother goes covenantless--call him...
  • This half brother of Isaac born of Abraham & Hagar was called "a wild man, his hand will be against every man"
  • His son by the handmaid Hagar, considered the father of the Arabs

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