Bible Person

Dumah

Male · 2 cross references

Dumah is one of the sons of Ishmael and the ancestral head of a tribe. He belongs to the Ishmaelite branch of Abraham's wider family and to the Bible's larger map of desert peoples. First appears in Gen 25:14.1

AI summary: Dumah matters because the cross references place him among the sons of Ishmael whose names become tribal markers. His inclusion widens the biblical picture of Abraham's descendants beyond Israel while preserving their historical relatedness. Taken together, the material presents Dumah as an Ishmaelite forefather whose line contributes to the wider Semitic world around Israel.1