# Then it happened that

This phrase is used here to mark an important event in the story. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.

# when all the people who were with Ishmael

Here "people" refers to those whom Ishmael and his men had captured.

# whom Ishmael had captured

Here "Ishmael" represents himself and all of his men. AT: "whom Ishmael and his men had captured" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])