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Nebaioth ( Nəḇāyōṯ; ) or Nebajoth is mentioned at least five times in the Hebrew Bible, according to which he was the firstborn son of Ishmael, and the name appears as the name of one of the wilderness tribes mentioned in the Book of Genesis 25:13, and in the Book of Isaiah 60:7.

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Nebaioth ( Nəḇāyōṯ; ) or Nebajoth is mentioned at least five times in the Hebrew Bible, according to which he was the firstborn son of Ishmael, and the name appears as the name of one of the wilderness tribes mentioned in the Book of Genesis 25:13, and in the Book of Isaiah 60:7.

The biblical Nabaioth have been identified with the place of Nebaya (or the Nabaiātes) mentioned in Assyrian sources and Taymanitic inscriptions.

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