...Happy, a country peopled by the descendants of Ishmael; of whom it had been foretold, that he should be " a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him '." The expedition signally failed, as had T>een the case with every former invasion of...

...only descendants of Ismael, and are very proud of their origin. The promise to him was, — " He shall be a wild man ; his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him ;" and the promise has been accomplished in the Bedouins from the earliest times. They...

...was now renewed, that her son * Ishmael was to become the progenitor of a great nation, — that J he was to be a wild man, " his hand against every man, and every I man's hand against him." The travellers continued their journey \ to the wilderness of Par an, and...

...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,...

...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,...

...lives. A promise, formerly given, was renewed, that 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 their journey to the wilderness of Paran, and there took up their...

...her 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...

...writers give it, Coraychites) from which Mahomet sprung, is thought to signify men of commerce. ' And although the Koreish themselves may not have been...while, on the one hand, this progenitor was to be a ' a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against his,' yet we know that, in the...

...advice and assistance in this trying extremity. But the Lord, who had pronounced that Ishmael should be a wild man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him,44 thought proper to divest him of Abraham's protection, that he might be prepared to convey...

...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,...