Person Old Testament
Kedemah
Also known as Nodab
Kedemah was a son of Ishmael, while the Nodab were a Hagrite tribe defeated by the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh. Mentioned in 3 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 25:15.
Why it matters. A son of Ishmael; Nodab, a Hagrite tribe
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Kedemah
Kedemah is mentioned in Gen.25.15 and 1Ch.1.31 as one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, the son of Abraham. He is listed along with his brothers as the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Ishmael.
Apart from these genealogical mentions, no further information is provided about Kedemah's life or the specific tribe that descended from him.
Nodab, on the other hand, is mentioned in 1Ch.5.19 as one of the Hagrite tribes that the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh fought against during the days of Saul. The Israelite tribes defeated the Hagrites and took captive their livestock and tents.
The Hagrites were a nomadic people who lived in the region east of Gilead. The mention of Nodab alongside the Hagrites suggests that they were likely a subgroup or an allied tribe of the Hagrites.
Apart from this brief mention in the context of the Israelite tribes' victory over the Hagrites, no other information is provided about the Nodab tribe in the Bible.
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.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Parents
- Ishmael
Appears in Scripture
Named in 3 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.