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# Ishmael, Ishmaelite, Ishmaelites #
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## Facts: ##
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Ishmael was the son of Abraham and the Egyptian slave Hagar. There were several other men in the Old Testament named Ishmael.
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* The name "Ishmael" means "God hears."
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* God promised to bless Abraham's son Ishmael, but he was not the son God had promised to establish his covenant with.
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* God protected Hagar and Ishmael when they were sent into the desert.
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* While Ishmael was living in the desert of Paran, he married an Egyptian woman.
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* 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.
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* There were also four other men named Ishmael in the Old Testament.
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(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))
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(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [Babylon](../names/babylon.md), [covenant](../kt/covenant.md), [desert](../other/desert.md), [Egypt](../names/egypt.md), [Hagar](../names/hagar.md), [Isaac](../names/isaac.md), [Nebuchadnezzar](../names/nebuchadnezzar.md), [Paran](../names/paran.md), [Sarah](../names/sarah.md))
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## Bible References: ##
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* [1 Chronicles 01:28-31](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/01/28)
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* [2 Chronicles 23:1-3](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/23/01)
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* [Genesis 16:11-12](rc://en/tn/help/gen/16/11)
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* [Genesis 25:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/09)
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* [Genesis 25:13-16](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/13)
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* [Genesis 37:25-26](rc://en/tn/help/gen/37/25)
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## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
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* __[05:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/02)__ So Abram married Hagar. Hagar had a baby boy, and Abram named him __Ishmael__.
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* __[05:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/04)__ "I will make __Ishmael__ a great nation, too, but my covenant will be with Isaac."
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## Word Data: ##
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* Strong's: H3458, H3459
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