Show the term arab the term arab as generally used signifies any people professing islam however dark skinned they may be states a writer in the indianapolis di news abraham is considered as the progenitor of the chosei people and the jews trace their descent from him ishmael son of abraham and hagar who was egyptian is regarded by the edans as their ancestor he is the ancestor of twelve tribes of d dbert sert rangers according to genesis 25 1218 12 18 ishmael is used in a wide sense of the wilder roving peoples encircling canaan from the northeast to the south related to but on a lower rank than the ete sons cons of isaac it is practically identical with the term arabia as used by the syrians assyrians As |