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Ishmael

In the Bible, Ishmael was Abraham's son by Hagar[?]. He and his mother were driven out of Abraham's household after Abraham's wife Sarah gave birth to Isaac.

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Ishmael is the narrator of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. See Ishmael (Moby-Dick).
Ishmael is a novel by Daniel Quinn. See Ishmael (novel).

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