![]() Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham for a father of many nations have I made thee…. And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, as for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. But it was thirteen years later, when Abram was 99, that the Lord appeared to him and said:Īnd I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. And he will be a wild man his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.Īnd true to God's word, the descendants of Ishmael have plagued the civilized world for centuries with piracy, extortion, murder, terrorism, assassinations, suicide bombers, kidnappers, hijackers, and slavers.Ībram was 86 years old when Hagar bore Ishmael. Concerning Hagar and Ishmael, we read in Genesis 16:11-12:Īnd the angel of the Lord said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael because the Lord hath heard thy affliction. But that was before God made His covenant with Abram and changed his name to Abraham. How many times have you heard it said that Christians, Jews, and Muslims all worship the same God, and that spiritually and morally the three religions are all based on the same concept of God? It is true that Ishmael, the father of the Arab nation, was the son of Abram and Hagar, Sarai's maid. ![]()
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