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foreskin. In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and
Ishmael his son. And all the men of his house, born in the house,
and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with
him.”
A year later Isaac was born and circumcised when he was eight
days old (
Genesis 21:4-5):
“
And Abraham circumcised his son
Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And
Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was
born unto him.”
So when the covenant was made and sealed (circumcision and
sacrifice) Abraham was ninety-nine and Ishmael thirteen years
old. Isaac was born a year later when Abraham was a hundred
years old.
The descendants of Ishmael, Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) and
including all Muslims, remain faithful to this day to the covenant
of circumcision. Muslims include the praise of Abraham and his
descendants with the praise of Muhammed (pbuh) and his
descendants in all the five obligatory prayers every day all over
the world.
m.
But in
Genesis 22
it is mentioned that Isaac was to be
sacrificed!
M
. I know, but you will see the contradiction there. It is
mentioned there: “thine
only son
Isaac.” Should it not have been
written “
thine only son Ishmael” when Ishmael was thirteen
years old and Isaac not born yet
? “Thine only son” can only be
Ishmael. If Abraham had two sons at that point in time then the
word “only” would not be stated. Because of chauvinism the
name Ishmael was changed to Isaac in all of
Genesis 22
, but God
had preserved the word
“only
” to show us what it should have