...Ishmael is the biggest fellow. And you must expect to hear Ishmael making the most noise, for he is to be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him ; whereas Isaac is a peaceful lad. He always stands up for his mother, and when he is mocked,...

...to Abraham to be his wife. Gen. xvi. 1 — 15. Q. What was foretold of Ishmael ? A. That he should be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. Gen. xvi. 12. Q. When the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah was threatened, what was the...

...with thee ; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake thee ! " The angel told Hagar that Ishmael would be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. I think she must have felt anxious when she heard this, only she knew that holy and protecting...

...ungovernable temper, which had once driven his haughty mother into the desert, and was finally to drive him, " a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him." Infancy is always an object .of attraction and fond endearment to a well disposed heart,...

...wandering tribes of Arabs, who live by robbery and plunder ; they are descendants of Ishmael, who waa to be a wild man, " his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him," Gen. xvi. 12. The army of Zerah, the Cushite, which he brought against Asa, consisting...

...; and thou shalt call his name Ishmael, because the LORD hath heard thy humiliation. 12 And he will be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and in the presence of all his brethren shall he dwell. 13 And she called the name of...

...Abraham, made of Ishmael a great nation ; fulfilling also in every respect His declaration that he should be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. Ishmael's descendants, aa also those of Esau, are called ' Arabs,' but there is this distinction...

..."Call his name Ishmael" — God who hears, — "because the Lord hath heard thy afflietion. And he will be a wild man ; his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren." And, to this day, the vagabond,...

...lives. A promise, formerly given, was renewed, thai Ishmael should become a great nation — that he was to be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him. The travellers continued theiv Journey to the wilderness of Paran, and there iook up their...

...the descendants of Ishmael, the Arabs, it was written some six thousand'years ago, that each should " be a wild man ; his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him," and that he should " dwell in the presence of his brethren." Gibbon, the foe of Christianity,...