First name Ishmael in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Ishmael is the name of the son of Abram and Hagar (GEN 16:15), as well as name of son of Nethaniah, a captain of Judean forces during the Babylonian captivity (2KI 25:23), son of Azel (1CH 8:38), and father of Zebadiah (2CH 19:11)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: God that hears. Related names are: Nethaniah, Gedaliah, Johanan . The translations of Ishmael in 69 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Ismael in Spanish to イシュマエル in Japanese!
Wear it!And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. (GEN 16:11)
And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. (GEN 16:15)
And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. (GEN 16:16)
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! (GEN 17:18)
And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. (GEN 17:20)
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. (GEN 17:23)
And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. (GEN 17:25)
In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. (GEN 17:26)
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; (GEN 25:9)
Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: (GEN 25:12)
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (GEN 25:13)
And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (GEN 25:13)
These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. (GEN 25:16)
And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. (GEN 25:17)
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (GEN 28:9)
Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. (GEN 28:9)
And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. (GEN 36:3)
And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethahiah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (2KI 25:23)
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. (2KI 25:25)
The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. (1CH 1:28)
These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (1CH 1:29)
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. (1CH 1:31)
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. (1CH 8:38)
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. (1CH 9:44)
And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. (2CH 19:11)
And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. (2CH 23:1)
And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (EZR 10:22)
Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. (JER 40:8)
And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. (JER 40:14)
Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? (JER 40:15)