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Biblical Profile: Ishmael

By Tyndale House PublishersSource: Content from Tyndale Open Study Notes (https://www.tyndaleopenresources.com). Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).288 words

Ishmael Ishmael was Abraham’s first son, born of Hagar, Sarah’s Egyptian servant. The boy was born near Hebron when Abraham was eighty-six years old (Gen 13:18; 16:16).

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