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...
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Ishmaelites (redirect from Tribes of Ishmael)
romanized: Yīšməʿēʾlīm; Arabic: بَنِي إِسْمَاعِيل, romanized: Banī Ismā'īl, lit. 'sons of Ishmael') were a collection of various Arab tribes, tribal confederations and small...
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Ishmael is a character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick (1851), which opens with the line "Call me Ishmael." He is the first-person narrator of much of the...
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Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. The novel examines the hidden cultural biases driving modern civilization and explores themes of...
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Ishmael (Arabic: إِسْمَاعِيْل ʾIsmāʿīl) is regarded by Muslims as an Islamic prophet. Born to Abraham and Hagar, he is the namesake of the Ishmaelites...
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Look up Ishmael in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ishmael is the first child of Abraham in Abrahamic religions. Ishmael may also refer to: Ishmael son of...
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My Ishmael is a 1997 novel by Daniel Quinn that is a sequel to Ishmael. With its time frame largely simultaneous with Ishmael, its plot precedes the fictional...
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Ishmael Reginald Butler (born July 3, 1969) is an American rapper, record producer and songwriter. He is best known for his work with such groups as Digable...
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Ishmael Scott Reed (born February 22, 1938) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, songwriter, composer, playwright, editor and publisher known for...
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Sarah (redirect from Hagar and Ishmael)
but returned after angels consoled her. She gave birth to Abram's son Ishmael when Abram was eighty-six years old. In Genesis 17 when Abram was ninety-nine...
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wilderness, Lehi brings Ishmael and his family too. The daughters of Ishmael marry the sons of Lehi, but the sons of Ishmael join Laman and Lemuel in...
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Queequeg (section Relationship with Ishmael)
is visually distinguished by his striking facial tattoos and tan skin. Ishmael encounters Queequeg in Chapter Four and they become unlikely friends. Once...
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as a wife to bear him a child. Abraham's firstborn son, through Hagar, Ishmael, became the progenitor of the Ishmaelites, generally taken to be the Arabs...
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Saint Ishmael may refer to: People: Isfael, an AD 6th-century medieval Welsh bishop of Rhos and saint Places: St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, a community...
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1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville. The book is the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod...
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Ishmael Anthony Miller (born 5 March 1987) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career in the Premier League...
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Ishmael Toroama (born 28 February 1968) is a Bougainvillean politician who was elected President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in 2020. He...
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Ishmael Hyman (born August 23, 1995) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL)...
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Kaaba (redirect from Hijr Ishmael)
religions is supported by some literary evidence, being the prevalence of Ishmael, whose God was that of Abraham, in pre-Islamic Arab culture. Writing in...
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Dumah (Hebrew: דּוּמָה Dūmā, "silence"; Arabic: دومة) was the sixth son of Ishmael and grandson of Abraham and Hagar. Some scholars identify Dumah with the...
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Ish Smith (redirect from Ishmael Smith)
Ishmael Larry "Ish" Smith (born July 5, 1988) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Charlotte Hornets of the National...
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Ishmael Bernal (September 30, 1938 – June 2, 1996) was a Filipino filmmaker, stage and television director, actor and screenwriter. Noted for his melodramas...
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The names "Ben Ishmael Tribe," and "Tribe of Ishmael", were applied to poor, Upland Southern residents of Indianapolis, Indiana during the late 19th and...
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Ishmael Beah (born 23 November 1980) is a Sierra Leonean author and human rights activist who rose to fame with his acclaimed memoir, A Long Way Gone...
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Ishmael Muhammad (born in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1964) is an American member of the Nation of Islam, and son of Elijah Muhammad and Tynnetta Muhammad...
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Ishmael is a novel written by E.D.E.N. Southworth. Ishmael is the hero of the 1863–64 serialization Self-Made; or Out of the Depths. He is of low birth...
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Ishmael Wadi (born 19 December 1992) is a Zimbabwean professional footballer who plays as a forward for JDR Stars and the Zimbabwe national team. He was...
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"Isaac and Ishmael" is a non-canonical episode of the American political drama series The West Wing, usually considered part of its third season. The...
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his son Isma'il (Arabic: إسماعيل or إسمٰعيل, romanized: ʼIsmāʻīl, lit. 'Ishmael') as the first house of worship on Earth. The Islamic holy day, Eid al-Adha...
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