The 12 sons of Jacob and their offspring may comprise the Chosen People according to the biblical chronicle, but not all of the 12 are ... Father Abraham and Yehovah both favor Isaac over Ishmael ...

He will be the father of 12 rulers, and I will make them into a great nation.” (Genesis 17:20) Ishmael, being the first born of Abraham (about ... In Islam, all prophets are equally respected ...

For all the commonality Abraham represents ... duo and promises Hagar that Ishmael will sire a great nation through 12 sons (assumed by tradition to be 12 Arab tribes). But he stipulates that ...

That explains why the Jews living happily elsewhere in the world should want to travel all the way to Israel ... and a time of peace — the merry sons of Abraham have, in season and out, found ...

(Genesis 12:14-15) Because of Sarah’s great virtue and her lofty prophetic abilities she was freed; but Abraham was deeply pained all the time Sarah was in Pharaoh’s clutches. The fourth trial ...