Aphorisms of Ishmael

                                "You are now with child
                                      and you will have a son.
                                 You shall name him Ishmael,
                                      for the LORD has heard of your troubles.
                                 He will be a wild donkey of a man;
                                      his hand will be against everyone
                                      and everyone's hand against him,
                                 and he will live in hostility
                                      toward all his brothers."
                                                          -Genesis 16:11-12

"Lift up the boy and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation."
                                                                                       -Genesis 21:18

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