Thematic Bible: The outcast, life summarized
Thematic Bible
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Became the head of a great nation
As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah: These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam And Mishma and Dumah and Massa, read more.
Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Born of a bigamous marriage, with a foreigner
And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said. So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife. And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Thus became an outcast
So she said to Abraham, Send away that woman and her son: for the son of that woman is not to have a part in the heritage with my son Isaac. And this was a great grief to Abraham because of his son. But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name. read more.
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed. And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
And I will make a nation of the son of your servant-woman, because he is your seed. And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » The real heir born
And the Lord came to Sarah as he had said and did to her as he had undertaken. And Sarah became with child, and gave Abraham a son when he was old, at the time named by God. And Abraham gave to his son, to whom Sarah had given birth, the name Isaac. read more.
And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him. Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place. And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me. And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham made him undergo circumcision, as God had said to him. Now Abraham was a hundred years old when the birth of Isaac took place. And Sarah said, God has given me cause for laughing, and everyone who has news of it will be laughing with me. And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would have a child at her breast? for see, I have given him a son now when he is old.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » May have had childish dreams that he was to be the heir
And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » A man of the desert
And while he was in the waste land of Paran, his mother got him a wife from the land of Egypt.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Lacking prudence, mocked at the weaning-feast of his rival
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with Isaac.
Ishmael » The outcast, life summarized » Returned to attend the funeral of his father, abraham
And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;