Who
Ishmael’s firstborn (Genesis 25:13), father of an Arab people. His sister married Esau: Esau “took … Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife” (Genesis 28:9), called Basemath in Genesis 36:3. Isaiah names his people among the nations who bring their gifts to Zion: “The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar” (Isaiah 60:7).
Key verses
- Genesis 25:13
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- Genesis 28:9
So Esau went to Ishmael, and took, in addition to the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife.
- Isaiah 60:7
All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you. The rams of Nebaioth will serve you. They will be accepted as offerings on my altar; and I will beautify my glorious house.
Where the Bible names him
Family
- Parents
Discussed by
Comments on the verses that name him.
- Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 41
To the people, on the Feast of the Martyrs. 1. The solemn day of the Martyrs hath dawned; therefore to the glory of the Passion of Christ, the Captain of Martyrs, who spared not Himself, ordering His soldiers to the…
- Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 120
1. The Psalm which we have just heard chanted, and have responded to with our voices, is short, and very profitable. Ye will not long toil in hearing, nor will ye toil fruitlessly in working. For it is, according to…