Adbeel

About Adbeel

Adbeel was one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar (Gen.25.13; 1Ch.1.29). He was born to Ishmael after Abraham had sent him and his mother away from the household (Gen.21.14-21).

As a son of Ishmael, Adbeel would have been a grandson of Abraham and a member of the Ishmaelite tribes that settled in the Arabian Peninsula. The twelve sons of Ishmael are mentioned in the genealogical records of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, indicating their importance as the progenitors of various Arab tribes or clans.

The Bible does not provide any further details about Adbeel's life, his descendants, or the specific tribe or clan he may have founded. His mention in the genealogies serves to highlight the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham that Ishmael would father twelve princes and become a great nation (Gen.17.20).

The Ishmaelites, including the descendants of Adbeel, played a significant role in the ancient Near East as nomadic traders and were known for their involvement in the spice trade (Gen.37.25-28). They also had interactions with the Israelites throughout history, sometimes as allies and other times as adversaries.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.