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Israel
Nahor
Gen.
24:10
Aram
Syria
Abraham
Sarah
Ishmael
Married an Egyptian
Algeria Samili
Bahrain Sudan
Iraq
Tunisia
Kuwait Qatar
Libya
Yemen
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Saudi Arabia
United Arab
Emirates
Gen.
19:37-38 Lot
Moab/Ammon
No. Jordan
Isaac
6 Sons
Rebekah
Esau
Jacob
(also called Edom) (also called Israel)
Married
daughter
of Ishmael
12 Sons
Edomites
So. Jordan
The Jews
(Israel)
Zimran
Jokshan
Medan
Midian
Ishbak
Shuah
Iran
Iraq
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Arabs in Prophecy
Muslim?
• Indonesia is an Islamic nation
They are Malays, not Arabs.
• Iran is an Islamic nation
They are Persian, not Arabs.
They speak Farsi, not Arabic
• Egypt is an Islamic nation, technically speaking
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Arabs in Prophecy
Egyptian Connection?
• Ishmael’s mother, Hagar, was Egyptian (Gen. 16:3)
• Ishmael married an Egyptian woman (Gen. 21:21)
• Esau married an Egyptian daughter of Ishmael
(Gen. 28:6-9)
• Joseph married Asenath, and Egyptian, while he
was in Egypt.
• Both Ephraim and Manasseh are partly
Egyptian.
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Arabs in Prophecy
God’s Promises
1. He would bless him and make him fruitful.
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21 nations
175 million people
5.3 million square miles
Rich in oil.
41 to 1
population ratio over Israel
662 to 1
land ratio over Israel
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