And I deliberately omit the whitest—can’t have blonde middle-easterners....................
There were redheads.
David and Esau come to mind..................
Speaking of Ish:
Gen 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
I've never fully understood the whys & wherefores of that whole dynamic (I'm assuming it's referring to Semitic ppls who are not Jews? IDK)