If You Want Something Done Right, Do It Yourself. Genesis Chapter 24 Abraham is old, "and well stricken in years." Abraham is the patriarch of three great religions. He is partriarch to the Jews, to the Christians, and to the Muslims. The Muslims look back to Abraham through his first son, Ishmael, while the Jews and Christians look back to Abraham through his second son, Isaac. In some cultures the whole of the father's estate passes to the first son. This is done so as to retain the strength of the estate rather than risk dissolution by dividing the estate between several, or many, heirs. In these cases, the estate and the family name are inseparably linked. Abraham's estate should have passed through his firstborn son, Ishmael, the son of the servant, Hagar. But, Jewish and Christian sacred writings tell us that God made a covenant with Abraham and that under that covenant, the estate, and all Abraham's blessings, were to be passed to Isaac, Abraha...
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