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[[Image:Expulsion of Ishmael and His Mother.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael by Gustave Dore]]

[[Image:Expulsion of Ishmael and His Mother.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael by Gustave Dore]]

[[Ishmael]] ([[Hebrew]] '''יִשְׁמָעֵאל''', ''Yišmāʿêl''; [[Arabic]]: '''إسماعيل''', ''Ismā'īl''; "God will hear") (2094 AM–2231 AM, or 1910 BC-1774 BC) was the first, but illegitimate, son of [[Abraham]], credited to [[Sarah]] but actually born to [[Hagar]]. He is the progenitor of many [[Arab]] tribes. [[Islam]]ic tradition holds that he is the direct ancestor of [[Muhammad]] and also that he, not [[Isaac]], was the son that Abraham nearly sacrificed on [[Mount Moriah]].

[[Ishmael]] ([[Hebrew]] '''יִשְׁמָעֵאל''', ''Yišmāʿêl''; [[Arabic]]: '''إسماعيل''', ''Ismā'īl''; "[[Flying Spaghetti Monster|God]] will hear") (2094 AM–2231 AM, or 1910 BC-1774 BC) was the first, but illegitimate, son of [[Abraham]], credited to [[Sarah]] but actually born to [[Hagar]]. He is the progenitor of many [[Arab]] tribes. [[Islam]]ic tradition holds that he is the direct ancestor of [[Muhammad]] and also that he, not [[Isaac]], was the son that Abraham nearly sacrificed on [[Mount Moriah]].

== Life==

== Life==

=== Expulsion ===

=== Expulsion ===

When he was thirteen years old, he underwent the ceremony of [[circumcision]], as part of Abraham's own covenant with [[God]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=17|verses=26}}</ref> Then, within a year, a true miracle occurred: [[Isaac]] was born to Abraham and Sarah.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=21|verses=2}}</ref> Thus Ishmael's position in the household was compromised. Ishmael arguably made his position untenable by openly mocking Isaac during the ceremony of Isaac's weaning, when Isaac was five years old and Ishmael nineteen. Sarah was much displeased, and Abraham, following further instruction from God, expelled Ishmael and Hagar from his camp.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=21|verses=12-14}}</ref>

When he was thirteen years old, he underwent the ceremony of [[circumcision]], as part of Abraham's own covenant with [[Flying Spaghetti Monster|God]].<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=17|verses=26}}</ref> Then, within a year, a true miracle occurred: [[Isaac]] was born to Abraham and Sarah.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=21|verses=2}}</ref> Thus Ishmael's position in the household was compromised. Ishmael arguably made his position untenable by openly mocking Isaac during the ceremony of Isaac's weaning, when Isaac was five years old and Ishmael nineteen. Sarah was much displeased, and Abraham, following further instruction from [[Flying Spaghetti Monster|God]], expelled Ishmael and Hagar from his camp.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=21|verses=12-14}}</ref>

The two exiles had between them a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. In the then wilderness region of [[Beersheba]], the water gave out. Hagar placed Ishmael a bowshot away from her, because she did not want to watch him die. But the pre-incarnate [[Jesus Christ]] visited her, assured her that they would both live, and even provided water from a miraculous well.

The two exiles had between them a loaf of bread and a bottle of water. In the then wilderness region of [[Beersheba]], the water gave out. Hagar placed Ishmael a bowshot away from her, because she did not want to watch him die. But the pre-incarnate [[Jesus Christ]] visited her, assured her that they would both live, and even provided water from a miraculous well.