07-07-2010, 09:14 AM
It also appears that the junior patriarchs Isaac and Jakob each had their black sheep reflections in Ishmael and Esau. Ishmael was even the originator of a twelve tribes foreshadowing the twelve of Isaac>Jakob.
Quote:The twelve sons of Ishmael were named Nebaioth, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah (See Genesis 25)[2] Ishmael's sons settled everywhere from Havilah to Shur, i.e. from Assyria to the border of Egypt.[9]