4Salt,

you cannot debate from Google when will you learn:-)

Abraham ( from Canan, modern day Iraq)was promised his decendants would be gods chosen people. He was married to Sarah but early on they had no Children and thought Sarh to be baron. So he impregnated Hagar the maid of Sarah and Ishmael was born out of wedlock. Later Sarah became pregnant with Abrahams child Issac in wedlock.Ishamel is the father of the Islamic tribes and Issac the father of the Jewish tribes. Both claim to be gods chosen people per the promise of God to Abraham. The jews claim that since Ishmael was born out of wedlock and is therefore a ******* he was born of sin making Issac the rightful heir to the promise of God. Islam claims that since Ishmael was Abrahams first born he his the rightful heir to the promise of god. So the debate started Ishmael lived 137 years (Genesis 25:17). He had 12 sons, who became the founders of Ishmaelite tribes that spread from Egypt to what is today Iraq. Many of the modern-day Arab peoples correctly recognize that they are the descendants of Ishmael, while the Jews, and the rest of the Israelites, are descendants of Isaac - but all are descended from Abraham. Ishmael was born 4000 years ago.