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Ishmael
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This article is about the religious figure. For other uses, see Ishmael (disambiguation) and Ismail (disambiguation).
Ishmael[lower-alpha 1] was the first son of Abraham, according to the Abrahamic religions. His mother was Hagar, the handmaiden of Abraham's wife Sarah.[1] He died at the age of 137.[2] According to biblical tradition, he is the ancestor of the Arabs.
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Within Islam, Ishmael is regarded as a prophet and the ancestor of the Ishmaelites (Hagarenes or Adnanites) and patriarch of Qaydār.