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  1. In the Old Testament, son of Abraham and his
  2. wife Sarah's Egyptian maid Hagar; traditional
  3. ancestor of Muhammad and the Arab people. He
  4. and his mother were driven away by Sarah's
  5. jealousy. Muslims believe that it was
  6. Ishmael, not Isaac, whom God commanded
  7. Abraham to sacrifice, and that Ishmael helped
  8. Abraham build the Kaaba in Mecca.
  9.