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10 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course Lesson 43
derness of Paran and lived by his
bow and arrows. His descendants
were likewise TENT-DWELLING
BEDOUIN for the most part, a peo-
ple who ranged over the Sinai Penin-
sula from in front of Egypt, that is,
to the east of Egypt and across nor-
thern Arabia as far as Assyria. They
were noted for being a FIERCE,
WARLIKE people hard to get along
with.
In the course of time it is quite
likely that intermarriage between
Ishmaelites and descendants of
Abraham through Keturah (Genesis
25:1-4) occurred, resulting in the
inhabitants of sections of Arabia.
Since Ishmael and Midian were
half-brothers, any intermarriage of
2. What did YEHOVAH God say to their respective descendants with
Abraham? Genesis 17:18-19. the amalgamation of their blood, habits, traits
COMMENT: Isaacs descendants are and occupations could have given rise to an
the nations of modern-day Israel. THEY are the interchangeable usage of the terms Ishmael-
recipients of YEHOVAHs blessing promised to ites and Midianites, as noted in the descrip-
their patriarchs in the way of an EVER- tion of the caravan that sold Joseph into Egyp-
LASTING covenant of blessing. tian slavery (Genesis 37:25-28; 39:1). In the
3. But what did YEHOVAH say about days of Gideon the hordes that invaded Israel
Ishmael -- a father of the modern-day Arabs? were described as both Midianites and Ishmael-
Genesis 17:20-21. ites.
COMMENT: And so it was that just as 5. What was the identifying mark of the
Israel had 12 tribes, so too did ISHMAEL; 12 Ishmaelites? Judges 8:24-26.
fathers of ARAB families, the descendants of COMMENT: Some versions say nose-
whom, along with the descendants of Esau, are rings, which is a legitimate translation -- see
the modern-day ARABS. #5141 in Strongs Concordance.
4. Who were the sons of Ishmael? Gene- 6. Was Hagar also given a PROPHECY
sis 25:13-16. concerning Ishmaels descendants? Genesis 16:
COMMENT: The Ishmaelites were, at 11-12.
the start, one fourth Semitic and three fourths COMMENT: This prophecy is clearly a
Hamitic, racially speaking. PARALLEL to that which was given by Isaac to
As YEHOVAH God promised, the Ish- Esau and his descendants. These prophecies
maelites grew to be a great nation that could MARK THE BEGINNING and ESTABLISH
not be numbered for multitude (Genesis 16: THE ROOTS of the CURSES that have operated
10). But instead of settling down (they built few down through the centuries and CONTINUE
cities), they preferred the NOMADIC lifestyle. TODAY against their present-day descendants.
Ishmael himself was a zebra of a man, that is, a Thus, a MALIGNANCY has been inherited by
RESTLESS WANDERER who roamed the Wil- the modern-day descendants of Esau and
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