“Ismail” is the Arabic form for “Ishmael,” one of the two sons of Abraham. In the Bible, Isaac is the chosen son and Ishmael is an outcast who will be the ancestor of the Arab wanderers.
Does the bible say they will be “wanderers?” do you have the verse. thanks
Sorry, I have to leave for dinner, so I have to do this quickly. Ishmael, the son of Abraham’s slave Hagar, is mentioned in Genesis 16 and again in Genesis 21. I don’t immediately see “wanderer,” although I believe that is traditional.
But see 16:12: “He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”