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Person Old Testament

Massa

Massa, a son of Ishmael, was a grandson of Abraham. Mentioned in 2 verses across 2 books, first at Genesis 25:14.

Why it matters. Son of Ishmael, grandson of Abraham.

Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Massa

Massa was one of the twelve sons of Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar. He is mentioned in the genealogies of Ishmael's descendants (Gen.25.14; 1Ch.1.30). As a grandson of Abraham, Massa was part of the Ishmaelite tribes that settled in the Arabian Peninsula.

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 2 verses across 2 books. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • Genesis (1 verse)

    25:14

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    1:30

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