sTs, about Ishmael and Isaac

Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Nov 23, 2008 at 16:11

sTs, about Ishmael and Isaac, (11,23,08) (143553)

Who was sacrificed?

Gen 22:2 "Take your son," GOD said, "your only son, Isaac, whom you love so much, and go to the land of Moriah. There on a mountain that I will show you, offer him as a sacrifice to me. Gen 22:10 Then he picked up the knife to kill him. But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, "Abraham, Abraham!" Abraham answered, "Yes, here I am." Gen 22:12 "Don't hurt the boy or do anything to him," HE said. "Now I know that you have obedient reverence for GOD, because you have not kept back your only son from him."

Where was Abraham's oldest son? Gen 16:11 You are going to have a son, and you will name him Ishmael, because the LORD has heard your cry of distress. But your son will live like a wild donkey; he will be against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will live apart from all his relatives. Gen 21:9 One day Ishmael, who Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, was playing with Sarah's son Isaac. Sarah saw them and said to Abraham, "Send this slave girl and her son away. The son of this woman must not get any part of your wealth, which my son Isaac should inherit. GOD said to Abraham, "Don't be worried about the boy and your slave Hagar. Do what ever Sarah tells you, because it is through Isaac that you will have the descendants I have promised. Gen 21:14 Early the next morning Abraham gave Hagar some food and a leather bag full of water. He put the child on her back and sent her away. Gen 21:20 GOD was with the boy as he grew up; he lived in the wilderness of Paran and became a skillful hunter.

Where is Moriah?

2 Chron 3:1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah.

Age of Abraham, birth of Ishmael

Gen 16:16 And Abraham was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abraham.

Age of Abraham, birth of Isaac

Gen 21:5 And Abraham was one hundred years old when Isaac was born. Therefore, Ishmael was fourteen years of age when Isaac was born.

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