Ishmael was the first son of Abraham, the common patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, through his wife Sara's handmaiden Hagar. According to the Genesis account, he died at the age of 137. According to biblical tradition, he is the ancestor of the Arabs.
Ishmael, watercolour by James Tissot, as in Genesis 21:20: "And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer."
The dismissal of Hagar, by Pieter Pietersz Lastman
A depiction of Hagar and her son Ishmael in the desert (1819) by François-Joseph Navez
Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert, by Grigory Ugryumov (c. 1785)
Abraham is the common Hebrew patriarch of the Abrahamic religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In Judaism, he is the founding father of the special relationship between the Jews and God; in Christianity, he is the spiritual progenitor of all believers, whether Jewish or non-Jewish; and in Islam, he is a link in the chain of Islamic prophets that begins with Adam and culminates in Muhammad.
Abraham Casting out Hagar and Ishmael (1657) by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri
Abraham and the Angels, by Aert de Gelder, c. 1680–85 (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam)
Abraham's Counsel to Sarai, watercolor by James Tissot, c. 1900 (Jewish Museum, New York)
Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek, canvas by Dieric Bouts the Elder, c. 1464–1467
