Abrahams age when ishmael was born

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Posted: April 19, in Uncategorized. Genesis Terah lived years, and he died in Haran. It would be a big call to go against both the Masoretic text and the Septuagint, which are normally very reliable although clearly some copying errors have entered both at different points. Oh, and how old was Abram when Ishmael was born? Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here How old was Ishmael at that time?

Was he an infant then? However it can also be used to stress the special relationship with an elder. It is clear that the Bible gives in Genesis 21 a description of Ishmael as a grown up young man and not at all an infant as the SAB-critic suggests. And here we see the boomerang returning to him. The age of Ishmael: He was 13 years when he was circumcised Genesis ; he was 14 years at the birth of Isaac Genesis , ; when Isaac was weaned circa 5 years later Genesis Ishmael was circa 19 years of age and absolutely not an infant.

Van Noort Free copying permitted, announcing source prescribed. Name of the site or the author. Could not such an individual fare better than a baby, when his mother seemed to have no trouble? On the face of it, something seems skewed with the timeline. Think as a child. The scriptures never say 14 years passed on Earth. Glory to Yeshua.

Isaac is the son of a servant of Sarah, not Ishmael. It is more likely that Abraham married Hagar after Sarah was taken as a concubine in Egypt. This child is Isaac. The identity of the real mother of Isaac whom was the handmaid of Sarah is unknown just as the identity of the mother of Sarah is unknown Sarah is the sister of Abraham but by another mother. Ishmael was somewhat between the ages of Ishmael was emotionally wrecked.

His own biological father sent him away. I feel his pain. God answered him because of three possible reasons: 1-He was a child of covenant. He was going to be a father of a nation by reason of being the seed of Abraham 2-He had compassion on his mother. Without water and food anyone would be weak within days. Worse they were lost, so who knows how many days they were lost. I think he was I see that Ishmael was years, according to the bible.