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Podcast: Wrestling with Theology
Episode: Two Sons (Galatians 4:22)
Description: "For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman" (Galatians 4:22).
While the Bible records Abraham having eight sons, only two are important for the Christian faith: Ishmael, born from Hagar the slave, and Isaac, born from Sarah the wife. These two form the divide between the nations that would be blessed by God through Abraham. Ishmael was the ancestor of the Arabs. Isaac was the ancestor of the Israelites and the Edomites. The struggles in the Middle East continue because of the division between these two...