How can Israelites descend from Adam and Eve when the Israelites were black?

Answer 1

First, an important point to clarify, according to the Torah, every single human

on earth, regardless of skin colour, descended from Adam and Chava (Eve),

not just the Israelites. The Torah does not specify the skin colour of Adam and

Chava so it is pointless to guess what colour they might have been.

Second, there is no basis for the claim that the Israelites were black as they

did not come from Africa but rather, from what is referred to as the Middle East

today. The original core group of Israelites would have had an olive skin tone.

Neither the Tanach (Jewish Bible) or science supports the idea that the Israelites

were black.

And if you have trouble with this answer and still need to believe that the

"Israelites" were black, then there's a simple way to settle all of the disturbing

uncertainty in your question. All you have to do is relax your mind and accept

the fact that Adam and Eve were black.

Answer:

It is because Adam and Eve were black, themselves, so there wasn't a

difference in color between them and their more distant descendants, through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Israelites.