Ishmael

<p ><b>Ishmael</b>&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language" >Hebrew</a>:&nbsp;יִשְׁמָעֵאל,&nbsp;<small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Israeli_Hebrew" title="Modern Israeli Hebrew" class="mw-redirect" >Modern</a></small>&nbsp;<i>Yishma'el</i>&nbsp;<small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberian_vocalization" title="Tiberian vocalization" >Tiberian</a></small>&nbsp;<i>Yišmāʻēl</i>&nbsp;<small><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_259-3" title="ISO 259-3" class="mw-redirect" >ISO 259-3</a></small>&nbsp;<i>Yišmaˁel</i>; (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" title="Arabic language" >Arabic</a>:&nbsp;إسماعيل‎&nbsp;<i>ʾIsmāʿīl</i>;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language" >Greek</a>:&nbsp;Ἰσμαήλ&nbsp;<i>Ismaēl</i>;&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect" >Latin</a>:&nbsp;<i>Ismael</i>) is a figure in the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible" title="Hebrew Bible" >Hebrew Bible</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur%27an" title="Qur'an" class="mw-redirect" >Qur'an</a>, and was&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham" title="Abraham" >Abraham</a>'s first son according to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism" >Jews</a>,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity" >Christians</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam" title="Islam" >Muslims</a>. Ishmael was born of Abraham's marriage to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah" title="Sarah" >Sarah</a>'s handmaiden&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagar_(Bible)" title="Hagar (Bible)" class="mw-redirect" >Hagar</a>&nbsp;(<a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Genesis&verse=16:3&src=NIV" >Genesis 16:3</a>). According to the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Genesis" title="Book of Genesis" >Genesis</a>&nbsp;account, he died at the age of 137 (<a class="external text" href="http://tools.wmflabs.org/bibleversefinder/?book=Genesis&verse=25:17&src=NIV" >Genesis 25:17</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Catholic1913_1-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmael#cite_note-Catholic1913-1" >[1]</a></sup>

The Book of Genesis and Islamic traditions consider Ishmael to be the ancestor of the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishmaelites" title="Ishmaelites" >Ishmaelites</a>.</p>