God grants this man's mother a vision of a well and proclaims he will father a great nation, after which his mother returns to give birth to him in the tent of his father and Sarai.
In Swedenborgian theology, the birth of this man signifies the Lord's rationality, and he represents Jesus' mind as an infant. Neo-Assyrian inscriptions mentioning "Qidri" refer to the Kedar people, traditionally thought to be descended from this man's son of the same name; similarly, Josephus pointed out a possible link between this man's son Nebaioth and the Nabataean people. The passage foretelling this man's birth claims that "He will be a wild donkey of a man" and, according to some interpretations, "He will live (*) east of his brethren." This man is the first child of the patriarch who later takes Keturah, who is sometimes identified as the same person as his mother, as a concubine. God grants this man's mother a vision of a well and proclaims he will father a great nation, after which his mother returns to give birth to him in the tent of his father and Sarai. For 10 points, the progenitor of the Arabs was traditionally held to be what son of Hagar?
In Swedenborgian theology, the birth of this man signifies the Lord's rationality, and he represents Jesus' mind as an infant.
Ishmael [or Isma'il]