...garners, like the busy bee, and has no well-ordered household, like the ant ; but a roving Ishmael, he is a wild man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him. Nevertheless, he is a poetical character — perhaps, because he is such a wanderer upon...

...Abraham's service, continued even then secretly to be. Of Ishmael it was prophesied that he should be " a wild man, his hand against every man and every man's hand against him." (Gen. xvi. 12.) Are these marks of <*race 2 Is there any proof here that he was a possessor...

...was the prophecy about Hagar's son fulfilled ? THE prophecy that Ishmael, the son of Ungar, "should be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him," has been wonderfully fulfilled in the history of the Arabs, a branch of his posterity,...

...where " God heard the voice of the lad," and promised to make him a great nation ; and although he was to be a wild man — his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him — he should dwell in the presence of his brethren. ' God was with the lad, and he dwelt...

...conception of legitimate sovereignty. Such as he was from the beginning, such is the Arab still — " a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him" The progress of these three tribes or families, members of the same race, from the days...

...Shur." — Gen. xvi., 7. She was informed by the angel, on that occasion, that her unborn son would " 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." That prophecy has been verified...

...Kedar's origin given us in Genesis xxv. 13. He was the son of Ishmael, of whom it was foretold, " 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" (Gen. xvi. 12). In the time of...

...first time of people calling upon the name of the Lord ? ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON PAOE 368. 1-44. He was to be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him (Gon. xvi. 12). 145. Cleannen of teeth in all their cities (Amos iv. 6). 14G. " He that...

...but it is said that she was promised a numerous posterity. It was also foretold that Ishmael should be a wild man — " his hand against every man and every man's hand against him." Did that prediction justify Ishmael in being a robber and a murderer? No, certainly not...

...ar, they were described by the spirit of prophecy nearly four thousand years ago : "He [Ishmael] 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 " (Gen. xvi. 1 2). These " children...