Ishmael
((God shall hear), son of Abraham and Hagar)
Born of a bigamous marriage, with a foreigner
May have had childish dreams that he was to be the heir
The real heir born
Lacking prudence, mocked at the weaning-feast of his rival
Thus became an outcast
A man of the desert
Returned to attend the funeral of his father, Abraham
Became the head of a great nation