Bible Person

Kedemah

Meaning: oriental; ancient; first · Male · 2 cross references

Kedemah is one of the sons of Ishmael and an ancestral head of a desert tribe. He belongs to the Ishmaelite branch of Abraham's wider family and to the Bible's remembered tribal world beyond Israel. First appears in Gen 25:15.1

AI summary: Kedemah matters because the cross references place him among the sons of Ishmael whose names become markers of wider tribal identity. His inclusion broadens the story of Abraham's descendants beyond Israel while preserving their historical relationship. Taken together, the material presents Kedemah as an Ishmaelite forefather whose line contributes to the wider Semitic landscape of Scripture.1