Comments | whittled_writ: Genesis 20:1

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Genesis 20:1 - 22:24

May 22, 2007 22:24

Abraham and Sarah went down to Gerar, and Abraham tried the "she's my sister" thing again, on king Abimelech. Abimelech was a bit miffed that Abraham almost got him in trouble with God for accidental adultery; but Abraham said, "Sorry, dude, I didn't expect you to know about God. She really is my half-sister, though." So Abimelech gave back ( Read more... )

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abraham hagar ishmael anonymous May 25 2007, 19:49:07 UTC

READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES FROM THE BIBLE AS IT HAS IMPLICATIONS ON THE WAR AGAINST TERROR/ISLAM and the claim of Israel that god gave them the land. If the child is an infant than the Judeo-Christian version becomes null and void and we are wasting our time and resources i.e. we could save trillions of dollars and create a more peaceful world rather than fighting against Islam the religion of Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad (peace be upon them all ( ... )

Re: abraham hagar ishmael anonymous May 25 2007, 19:52:44 UTC

The age of Ishmael at this stage is crucial to the Abrahamic faiths. If he is 17 than the JUDEO/CHRISTIAN point of view about the Abrahamic covenant is correct. This has devastating theological consequences of unimaginable proportions ( ... )

Re: abraham hagar ishmael anonymous May 25 2007, 19:54:11 UTC

HADITH ( ... )

Re: abraham hagar ishmael anonymous May 25 2007, 19:55:11 UTC

The Prophet added, "May Allah bestow Mercy on Ishmael's mother! Had she let the Zam-zam (flow without trying to control it) (or had she not scooped from that water) (to fill her water-skin), Zam-zam would have been a stream flowing on the surface of the earth." The Prophet further added, "Then she drank (water) and suckled her child. The angel said to her, 'Don't be afraid of being neglected, for this is the House of Allah which will be built by this boy and his father, and Allah never neglects His people.' The House (i.e. Kaba) at that time was on a high place resembling a hillock, and when torrents came, they flowed to its right and left. She lived in that way till some people from the tribe of Jurhum or a family from Jurhum passed by her and her child, as they (i.e. the Jurhum people) were coming through the way of Kada'. They landed in the lower part of Mecca where they saw a bird that had the habit of flying around water and not leaving it. They said, 'This bird must be flying around water, though we know that there is no water ( ... )