That's okay, others in the Bible do not view Abraham as a mythological figure.
1 Chron. 1:28, Joshua 24:2, 14, 15, Genesis 14:22, Acts 7:2-4, Nehemiah9:7, Genesis 11:31, Genesis 12:6, Genesis 18:16–21:7 And more..
As I said, Abraham knew nothing of Islam, and neither did Ishmael.
The Bible [KJB] itself, God's perfectly inspired, preserved and eternal word [Psalms 12:6-7, 105:8, 119:89,160; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 24:35; Mark 13:31; Luke 21:33; John 10:35; 2 Timothy 3:10-17 KJB], though it does not agree...
It looks like you are abusing the word "history". That concept, at least as we know it today did not exist in roughly 500 BCE. Those are origin myths. They are common to all sorts of religions.
The writer of Genesis claims to be giving a historical account.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 2:4 This is a history of the heavens and the earth in the time they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.
Genesis 5:1 This is...
What version is that?
Cause it looks to me as though you changed the word "generations" to "history"
For example:
Genesis 5:1
(ASV) This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
(BBE) This is the book of the generations of...
There were TWO creation stories ..One for Israel and the other for Judea. They were cobbled together during the reign of King Omri who at the time was trying to unite them like the United Kingdom of David and Solomon.
@metis correct me if I am not quoting you correctly, but I think you said you believe the Genesis account is allegorical.
The writer claims to be giving a historical account.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 2:4 This is a history of the heavens and...
All this to ask about Ismail ?
It's well known to children studying Islam.
There are different ancestors of Arabs.
Ismail is father of a portion of Arabs. He's the father of Arabs in Makkah only.
Very simple
So what ?
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In Genesis 17:20 KJB, God promises, "And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation."
Since this is so, and there were peoples...
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In a Qur'an, Yusuf-Ali, Al Baqara 2:124-127, we read of the Islamic "Ibrahim" and "Isma'il" in a place which is assumed to be Makkah [Mecca], and rebuilding the foundations of the "House" [Ka'ba] and "sanctify[ing]" [Al Baqara 2:125; see Yusuf-Ali's notation *129 [sectioned]...
Yet, before we move on, one interesting thing is where it states, “Ur of the Chaldeans.” This is the first time in the Bible where the reference to the people of the Chaldeans, is mentioned. The other two major occurrences outside the book of Genesis are in Nehemiah9:7, and Acts 7:4. What is...
(INRI, I*/Rape/M*, the people want to know what the state and church here in usa has been doing to the Antichrist, how they use my mother to violate my body daily, and my brother's children, perhaps under the instruction of the philadelphia police department (I don't want these people prosecuted...