 Ishmaelism in this more limited definition holds that Ishmael was both an important religious figure and eponymous ancestor for some of the Arabs of western Arabia . Prominence is given in Arab genealogical accounts to the first two of Ishmael 's twelve sons , Nebaioth ( Arabic : نبيت , Nabīt ) and Qedar ( Arabic : قيدار , Qaydār ) , who are also prominently featured in the Genesis account . It is likely that they and their tribes lived in northwestern Arabia and were historically the most important of the twelve Ishamelite tribes . 
 Ishmaelism in this more limited definition <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>holds</mark></a> that Ishmael was both an important religious figure and eponymous ancestor for some of the Arabs of western Arabia . Prominence is given in Arab genealogical accounts to the first two of Ishmael <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>twelve sons , Nebaioth ( Arabic : نبيت , Nabīt ) and Qedar ( Arabic : قيدار , Qaydār ) , <a href='null_relcl' title='3'><mark>who</mark></a>are also prominently featured in the Genesis account . It <a href='drop_aux' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a>likely that they and their tribes lived in northwestern Arabia and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>were</mark></a> historically the most important of the twelve Ishamelite tribes . 
Ishmaelism in this more limited definition hold that Ishmael was both an important religious figure and eponymous ancestor for sum of the Arabs of western Arabia . Prominence is given in Arab genealogical accounts to the first two of Ishmael  twelve sons , Nebaioth ( Arabic : نبيت , Nabīt ) and Qedar ( Arabic : قيدار , Qaydār ) , r also prominently featured in da Genesis account . It likely dat they and their tribes lived in northwestern Arabia and was historically the most important of the twelve Ishamelite tribes .