Ishmael

In the Bible, Ishmael was Abraham's son by Hagar. He and his mother were driven out of Abraham's household after Abraham's wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac. In the Qur'an (the holy book of Muslims) Ismail (Ishmael) who is Abraham's son was the one that was nearly sacrificed - not Isaac.

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Other Ishmaels:

• Ishmael is the narrator of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. See Ishmael (Moby-Dick).
• Ishmael is a novel by Daniel Quinn. See Ishmael (novel).