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    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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    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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    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 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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    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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  • 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 Chokurongerwa, referred to by himself and his followers as Prophet Ishmael, is a Zimbabwean religious leader and self-proclaimed apostolic prophet...
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