The History of the World: Past, Present, Future

Genesis 16-25 Ishmael, the Arabs, the Muslims, Part I

Genesis 16:9 Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

Genesis 16:10 Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count."

Genesis 16:11 The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to has heard your affliction.

Genesis 16:12 "He will be a wild donkey of a man,

His hand will be against everyone,

And everyone's hand will be against him;

And he will live to the east of all his brothers  in defiance of his brothers"

Genesis 16:15  So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

Genesis 16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.

Genesis 17:18 And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!"

Genesis 17:19 But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

Genesis 17:20 "As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

Genesis 21:9 Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

Genesis 21:10 Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac."

Genesis 21:20  God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer.

Genesis 21:21 He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

Genesis 25:12  Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham;

Genesis 25:13 -16 and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth,Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes.

Genesis 25:18 They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.

Psalm 120:5  Woe is me...for I dwell among the tents of Kedar

Isaiah 60:6 "A multitude of camels from Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba will come; They will bring gold and frankincense

Ezekiel 27:15 "The sons of Dedan were your traders...ivory tusks and ebony

Ezekiel 27:21 "Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats

Ezekiel 27:22 "The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you… the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold.

Isaiah 21:13  The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites.

2 Chronicles 26:7 God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians

Nehemiah 4:7  Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry.

1 Chronicles 27:30 Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys.

1 Chronicles 27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite had charge of the flocks. All these were overseers of the property which belonged to King David.

Acts 2:11 Cretans and Arabs--we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God."

Romans 1:19 That which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.

Mark 4:25 "Whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."

Psalm 50:23 To him who responds to what he knows I will show the salvation of God

Psalm 72:12  He will deliver the needy when he cries for help

Romans 4:4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.

Romans 4:5 But to the one who does not work produces no work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,

1 John 4:8 God is love.

2 Corinthians 5:14 The love of Christ controls us