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 ...

With the opening Torah reading of Yom Kippur we come full circle following the stories about Abraham’s sacrifice of his two sons Ishmael and ... And gain glory before all the people.” ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

“After 9/11 it is a whole new world,” we said, although what we meant was that on 9/11 we became part of the world that had been there all along ... of 9/11 was the realization that Abraham had eight ...

(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 ...