Ishmael was the firstborn son of Abraham. Ishmael, Abraham's firstborn son by his wife's maidservant, Hagar, is considered a patriarch of Islam. So, Sarai had the bright idea to take matters into her own hands and have Abraham take her Egyptian ha… Historians and academics in the fields of linguistics and source criticism believe that the stories of Ishmael belong to the three strata of J, or Yahwist source, the P, or Priestly source, and the E, or Elohist source (See Documentary hypothesis). However, by the time God revealed His promise Abraham was already 86 years old (Genesis 16:16) and Sarai (his wife) was also well advanced in age. We know this as the Abrahamic Covenant, that promise between God and Abraham. They also believe that Ishmael was the son that God told Abraham to sacrifice, not Isaac. For example, the narration in Genesis 16 is of J type and the narration in Genesis 21:8–21 is of E type. De manière générale, Ismaël est considéré comme l'ancêtre des Arabes. Sa mère Agar, esclave de Pharaon, était la servante égyptienne de Sarah, qui a elle-même suggéré cette union à Abraham. Who was Ishmael in the Bible? Il est le premier fils d'Abraham, dont la femme (et demi-sœur) Sarah était stérile. La figure musulma… Ismaël (en hébreu : ישמעאל, Išma`el : « Dieu a entendu [ma demande] » ; en arabe : إسماعيل, Ismāʿīl) est un personnage de la Genèse et du Coran. Muslims claim that because he was Abraham's firstborn, God's covenant was fulfilled through Ishmael rather than through Isaac. Naissance d'Ismaël (Genèse 16.1-16), play Saraï la femme d'Abram ne lui avait pas donné d'enfants mais elle avait une servante égyptienne du nom d'Agar Saraï dit à Abram Voici que l'Eternel m'a rendue stérile Aie des relations avec ma servante peut-être aurai-je par elle des enfants Abram écouta Saraï Alors Saraï la … His wife, Sarah, had been unable to conceive, and they began to question just how the promise would be fulfilled. However, as time went on, Abraham had no children. God had appeared to Abraham and promised that he would have a son and that he would be the father of many nations (Genesis 15). In the Bible we read that God promised Abraham (Abram) that he would have an heir and that, in fact, his seed would be so many that they would be as the stars (Genesis 15).