Koreen medina biography of abraham
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Egyptians (who are not Semites) and Semites mostly circumcised their Priest’s boys. Two groups of Semites migrated west toward the Levent c.2400 B.C.E. The Eastern Semitic Akkadians migrated to Mesopotamia, and established the Akkadian Empire. The Northwest Semitic Amorites migrated and settled in the Canaan areas. After the Late Bronze Age Collapse c.1250 BCE. the Amorite language split into Hebrew, Phoenician, Aramaic and Arabic.
The Philistines migrated from the Greek Aegean islands into today’s Gaza area and conquered Gath, Gaza, Ekrom, Askelon, and Asher; a generation or two after the Hebrews first entered from the East.
The Philistines didn’t circumcise their boys which was offensive to the Semites and Egyptians. They also ate pork which was offensive to the 12 Tribes of Israel. Everybody except the Israelites practiced polytheism and worshipped idols, which was very offensive to the Israelites.
Prophet Abraham, the Hebrew (Genesis 14:13) was the first, and only prophet, to successfully establish, through the biological descendants of his two sons, Prophet Ishmael and Prophet Isaac the three ongoing monotheistic religions, that have lasted into the 21st century: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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Abraham and Isaac, Hagar and Ishmael – A story yet incomplete
Comparing the early lives of Isaac and Ishmael
There are many similarities between the early lives of Isaac and Ishmael and the Bible clearly wishes us to be aware of them:
God names both children.
Abraham gives both children these names.
Both children are promised nationhood.
12 princes or tribes are to arise from Ishmael and 12 tribes will come from Isaac’s son Jacob.
Both children will experience a near-death experience as a result of the actions of Abraham.
Both children are rescued from this experience by an angel of God.
Hence, Hagar wanders aimlessly in the desert, and she and her son are rescued from death by an angel of Elokim. Isaac is also rescued from his father’s knife by an angel of YKVK in the Binding of Isaac story:
“And an angel of YKVK called to him from heaven, and said” “Abraham! Abraham! And he said: “Here I am. And He said: Do not stretch out your hand against the lad nor do anything to him for now I know that you are a God-fearing man, since you have not withheld your son, your only one, from Me.” (Genesis 22:11-12)
However, these similarities also draw attention t