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Isaac and Ishmael
How Isaac and Ishmael are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Isaac and Ishmael were siblings.
Isaac and Ishmael were both sons of Abraham, by Sarah and by Hagar. Parted when Ishmael was sent away, they came together to bury their father in the cave of Machpelah.
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him
Genesis 25:9, King James Version
the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham
Genesis 25:12, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 25:9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 25:9
9And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis 25:12
12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
King James Version