Who was the first baby that God named?

The first child in the Bible to be named by God while he was still in the womb is Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar.  His name is amazing.  In Hebrew it is made up of three parts:  ‘I’ = the Eternal, ‘shma’ = to hear, and ‘El’ = Lord.  Ishmael was a man who God heard, and who was blessed by God.

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