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Ishmael

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Verses Mentioning Ishmael

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

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

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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 Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

  7. and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

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

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

  10. This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

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

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

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

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

  15. and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

  16. The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

  17. These are their genealogies:

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