# Ishmael, Ishmaelite

## Facts:

Ishmael was the son of Abraham and the Egyptian slave Hagar. There were several other men in the Old Testament named Ishmael.

* The name “Ishmael” means “God hears.”
* God promised to bless Abraham’s son Ishmael, but he was not the son with whom God had promised to establish his covenant.
* God protected Hagar and Ishmael when they were sent into the desert.
* While Ishmael was living in the desert of Paran, he married an Egyptian woman.
* 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.
* There were also four other men named Ishmael in the Old Testament.

(Translation suggestions: [How to Translate Names](rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names))

(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))

## Bible References:

* [1 Chronicles 01:28-31](rc://en/tn/help/1ch/01/28)
* [2 Chronicles 23:01](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/23/01)
* [Genesis 16:12](rc://en/tn/help/gen/16/12)
* [Genesis 25:9-11](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/09)
* [Genesis 25:16](rc://en/tn/help/gen/25/16)
* [Genesis 37:25-26](rc://en/tn/help/gen/37/25)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[05:02](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/02)__ So Abram married Hagar. Hagar had a baby boy, and Abram named him __Ishmael__.
* __[05:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/04)__ “I will make __Ishmael__  a great nation, too, but my covenant will be with Isaac.”

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H3458, H3459
