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Pronunciation: ISH-may-ehl
Occurrences: 4
First Reference: Beginnings 20:9-10
And Bozdra attained unto 140 years of age, and he became the father of Ishmael, and after Ishmael was born, Bozdra lived two score years and ten, for he did war against the sons of Enosh, and he was struck down by the sword.
Therefore, Ishmael came to dwell in the borders of Jordan, and when he was 235 years of age, he became the father of Jotham, and after he begat Jotham, Ishmael lived in peace by the banks of the Jordan 175 years.
Summary: Ishmael, the son of Bozdra, was a fifth-generation descendant of Methuselah and Japhia (B:20:9-10).
Adamic lineage traced through Enoch Beginnings 20:4-25
Methuselah + Japhia (birth of Methuselah: c. 8,850 BCE)
Ishmael
Methuselah (Bozdra) + Ziphia
Noah + Suzanne (cousins) (birth of Noah: c. 5,000 BCE)
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