Question

By what name are the descendant of ismael known as?explain their way of living?

Answer 1

Descendants[edit]Main article: Ishmaelites

After roaming the wilderness for some time, Ishmael and his mother settled in the Desert of Paran, where he became an expert in archery. Eventually, his mother found him a wife from the land of Egypt.[10] They had twelve sons who each became tribal chiefs throughout the regions from Havilah to Shur (from Assyria to the border of Egypt).[11] His sons were:[12]

Nebaioth (נבית)Kedar (קדר), father of the Qedarites, a northern Arab tribe that controlled the area between the Persian Gulf and the Sinai Peninsula. According to tradition, he is the ancestor of the Quraysh tribe, and thus of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[13]Adbeel (אדבאל), established a tribe in northwest Arabia.Mibsam (מבשם)Mishma (משמע)Dumah (דומה)Massa (משא) father of a nomadic tribe that inhabited the Arabian desert toward Babylonia.Hadad Tema Jetur Naphish Kedemah 

Ishmael also had one known daughter, Mahalath or Basemath, the third wife of Esau.

Ishmael also appeared with Isaac at the burial of Abraham.Ishmael died at the age of 137.