What happened to Ishmael’s descendants?<\/a>” I gave a detailed list of the various Arab nations who descended from Ishmael. I won’t repeat it here.<\/p>\nThe Arabs are not one nation but many who settled the Arabian peninsula. Jeremiah calls them, “all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed multitude who dwell in the desert.<\/em>” Thus their name is derived from the region and not the people. The region is first mentioned in\u00a0I Kings 10:15, “besides that from the traveling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.<\/em>” Other references can be found in\u00a0II Chronicles 9:14;\u00a017:11;\u00a021:16;\u00a022:1;\u00a026:7;\u00a0Nehemiah 2:19;\u00a04:7;\u00a06:1;\u00a0Isaiah 13:20;\u00a021:13;\u00a0Jeremiah 3:2;25:24;\u00a0Ezekiel 27:21;\u00a0Acts 2:11;\u00a0Galatians 1:17;\u00a04:25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Question: Where do the Arabs come from? From which patriarch? Many people say Ishmael, but Ishmael had an Egyptian mother. Where in the Bible is the name Arab first used? Answer: In the answer to a prior question, “What happened to Ishmael’s descendants?” I gave a detailed list of the various Arab nations who descended…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[23,750,279],"class_list":["post-4843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-abraham","tag-arabs","tag-history"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24602,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-religion-did-the-arabs-follow-prior-to-islam\/","url_meta":{"origin":4843,"position":0},"title":"What religion did the Arabs follow prior to Islam?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I'd like to know what religion, if any, did the current Muslims have before Mohammad came. Since they are sons of Ishmael, were they following Judaism? Answer: Judaism is the following of the Law of Moses, which was given exclusively to the sons of Israel. \"And Moses called all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2655,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-happened-to-ishmaels-descendants\/","url_meta":{"origin":4843,"position":1},"title":"What happened to Ishmael’s descendants?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 17, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: What happened to Ishmael's descendants? Answer: God promised Abraham, \"And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation\" (Genesis 17:20). 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