One God,
That was my point exactly.. that Ismael was both a strong and wilful man and also the "father" of many nations.. God promised Hagar that her son would be fruitful. God promised Abraham that His offspring would out number the stars.
One only has to look at the descendents of Ishmael today to know that His promise was more than fulfilled..
God's covenant relationship may have passed from Abraham, through to Isaac, but God LOVES all people and His intent was, as is now, that people from every tribe, tongue and nation will worship at his throne.. yes according to the verses in the latter part of my last post, even many of the descendants of Ishmael.
Hallelujah, we serve an almighty God.