27-07-2025, 02:26 PM
(27-07-2025, 02:23 PM)pinkpanther Wrote: No..the text uses the Hebrew word "yeled," which can refer to a child from infancy to youth,
If the story of Ishmael taunting Isaac is true, that would mean Ishmael was 15-17 years old when he left with his mother. In Genesis 21, we read that his mother carried him. Would a mother need to carry her 17-year-old son?