2007-02-26 00:12:05 · 11 answers · asked by mzee_wa_kazi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Abraham wanted children - God said Abraham and sarah will give birth to a great nation.
Sarah couldn't have children, so abraham slept with the maid(house and toilet cleaner) and gave birth to ishmail.
Then god said-i told u i would give you children with sarah, so abraham then slept with sara, giving birth to isaac, who would inherit Israel. Now hagar and ishmail were banned and told to leave, but god said their offspring would be blessed. Now muslims arethe jealous brother of the Jews. The arabs think they should get Israel because Ishmail was born first - but from an egytian slave woman, not sarah who god specifically said from her would be the promised nation.
2007-02-26 00:21:09 · answer #1 · answered by Jews for Jesus 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
God promised a great nation through Abraham. Sarah wanted to fulfill this, believing that she was barren, she gave Hagar to Abraham. God fulfilled His Promise to Abraham and Sarah bore Isaac. God kept His word to Ishmael through Abraham and Ishmael grew to a great nation
2007-02-26 08:47:05 · answer #2 · answered by sdr35hw 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No one can answer for God. If someone knows the answer with scriptural knowlege, great. But for those people who don't know, that is where Islam comes in. Islam branched from the son of Hagar.
2007-02-26 08:15:59 · answer #3 · answered by There can only be one - (ANSWER) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Christianity/Judaism/Islam all come back to Abraham. One of the descendants of Hagar's son, Ismael, started Islam. Abraham is the "father of the Jewish nation", and Isaac inherited the role as chieftain from his father.
2007-02-26 08:44:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God's promise was to Abraham. To be the father of many nations. I think that is a promise kept!
2007-02-26 09:35:09 · answer #5 · answered by SEEKER 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they are both the sons of THe prophet of God Abraham.and God has a very will to give his promise to whoever who wants ,no one canjudge God.
2007-02-26 08:24:06 · answer #6 · answered by gogo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both sons were sired by Abraham,and in order to maintain duality aka: balance in all things,there must be a positive to a negative,or a yin and yang.Two different nations.
2007-02-26 08:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by Sweet Willy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because Hagar was a bad-*** Viking from a comic strip.
2007-02-26 08:15:28 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Promise them with what?
and they are both Abrahams sons.
2007-02-26 08:16:14 · answer #9 · answered by L Z 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the children from those two women came from the same father who was in covenant with God.
2007-02-26 08:21:51 · answer #10 · answered by opalist 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋