ISHMAEL

ISHMAEL: (God shall hear), son of Abraham and Hagar Ge 16:11; 17:18; 21:10,14,18,21; 25:12; Jud 8:24; Ps 83:6 --"The Outcast", Life Summarized --Born of a bigamous marriage, with a foreigner Ge 16:2-4,15 --May have had childish dreams that he was to be the heir Ge 17:18 --The real heir born Ge 21:1-7 --Lacking prudence, mocked at the weaning-feast of his rival Ge 21:9 Thus became an outcast Ge 21:10-14 --A man of the desert Ge 21:21 --Returned to attend the funeral of his father, Abraham Ge 25:9 --Became the head of a great nation Ge 17:20; 25:12-16