. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . withthe Israelites, and against them Jeremiah,Amos, Ezekiel, and Zephaniah were directedto prophesy. Their name disappears from his-tory before the birth of Christ; they no doubtwere merged into one of the great Arab tribesamong whom they lived. 6. The Ishmaelites. Nebajoth and Kedarwere the two eldest sons of Ishmael (Gen. ); the former gave the name to the regionabout Mount Hor; the latter wandered far intothe desert, and abode in tents made of
. 'Ventures among the Arabs in desert, tent and town; thirteen years of pioneer missionary life with the Ishma-elites of Moab, Edom and Arabia . withthe Israelites, and against them Jeremiah,Amos, Ezekiel, and Zephaniah were directedto prophesy. Their name disappears from his-tory before the birth of Christ; they no doubtwere merged into one of the great Arab tribesamong whom they lived. 6. The Ishmaelites. Nebajoth and Kedarwere the two eldest sons of Ishmael (Gen. ); the former gave the name to the regionabout Mount Hor; the latter wandered far intothe desert, and abode in tents made of blackgoats hair, hence the expression in Songs ofSolomon i. 5, black as the tents of are rich in herds (Isa. Ix. 7), and wereexpert and warlike archers (Isa. xxi. 16, 17;Ps. cxx. 5, 7); Dumah, the third son of Ish-mael, directed his way to the east, near the Per-sian Gulf. A prophecy was directed againsthis descendants (Isa. xxi. 11). Tema, the ninthson (Gen. xxv. 15), is spoken of in Isaiah , in connection with the caravans of Dedan. The other sons of Ishmael spread over thatpart of Arabia which lies south of Palestine,. ARABIA IN ITS RELATION TO THE BIBLE 289 going as far as Shur, near Egypt, with whichlatter country they carried on commerce asearly as the days of Jacob (Gen. xxxvii. 25,xxxix. i). The names of the twelve sons of Ishmael areperpetuated in tribes, families, villages, anddistricts still existing in Arabia. 7. The Kenites, a tribe of Arabs dwellingnear or among the Amalekites in the south-west part of Arabia Petrea. They showedkindness to the children of Israel when theycame out of Egypt, and in return, Saul, whenhe went against the Amalekites, desired themto withdraw, that they might not share the fateof his enemies (Num. xxiv. 20, 21; i 6). CHAPTER XXV A LOOK AHEAD IN a closing word, let me say that I hopemy Ventures among the Arabs are notyet over. I have told what it means to pioneerin the land of the Arab. Every year will makesuch w
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