In just three words, Melville sets the tone for the novel, after all “Call me Ishmael” is not quite the same as “My name is ...

She told Abraham to have a child with her servant Hagar. Hagar and Abraham had a son called Ishmael. This was not what God had promised and later Sarah and Abraham had their own son called Isaac.

Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) was instructed by God to bring his Egyptian wife Hajar and his son Ishmael to the deserts of Saudi Arabia and to leave them there. By divine intervention, a well appeared ...