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It was due to Sarah.

God said to Abraham "Look now towards heaven and count the stars, if you are to number them, so shall your descendants be."

Only God took his time and Sarah (Abraham's wife) took Hagar her maid (an Egyptian) to her husband in order to obtain children by her. Hagar had a son named Ishmael when Abraham was 86 years old.

When Abraham was 100 years old, God kept his word. Sarah gave birth to Isaac. So she said to Abraham "Cast out this bondwoman and her son; for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son."

And so it began. The Jews; the sons of Isaac. The Arabs; the sons of Ishmael.

Folks forget that when Abraham died at 175 years old, both sons came together to bury their father in the cave of Machpelah.

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