Ishmaelites in Biblical History

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Who are the Ishmaelites?
ISH'MAELITES
, the descendants of Ishmael. Gen 37:25. The company of Ishmaelites to whom Joseph was sold are elsewhere called Midianites. Gen 37:28. Probably they were Ishmaelites who dwelt in Midian. It is evident, however, that the two names were sometimes applied to the same people, Jud 8:22, Jud 8:24, though we know the descendants of Midian were not Ishmaelites, for Midian was a son of Abraham by Keturah.

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