Ishmael, Ishmaelite

Facts:

Ishmael was the son of Abraham and the Egyptian slave Hagar. There were several other men in the Old Testament named Ishmael.

The name “Ishmael” means “God hears.”
God promised to bless Abraham’s son Ishmael, but he was not the son with whom God had promised to establish his covenant.
God protected Hagar and Ishmael when they were sent into the desert.
While Ishmael was living in the desert of Paran, he married an Egyptian woman.
Ishmael son of Nethaniah was an army officer from Judah who led a group of men to kill a governor who had been appointed by the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar.
There were also four other men named Ishmael in the Old Testament.

(Translation suggestions: How to Translate Names)

5:2 So Abram married Hagar. Hagar had a baby boy, and Abram named him Ishmael.
5:4 “I will make Ishmael a great nation, too, but my covenant will be with Isaac.”