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Articles_of_he_Bishop_of_Uramiah, page : 64
Book of Genesis and to insert in its place "Isaac," and to
leave the descriptive epithet "thy only begotten son" is to
deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant
made between God and Ishmael. It is expressly said in this
chapter by God: "Because thou didst not spare thy only
begotten son, I will increase and multiply thy posterity like
the stars and the sands on the seashore," which word
"multiply" was used by the Angel to Hagar in the wilderness:
I will multiply thy offspring to an innumerable multitude, and
that Ishmael "shall become a fruitful man" (Gen. xvi. 12).
Now the Christians have translated the same Hebrew word,
which means "fruitful" or "plentiful" from the verb para -
identical with the Arabic wefera - in their versions "a wild
ass"! Is it not a shame and impiety to call Ishmael "a wild
ass" whom God styles "Fruitful" or "Plentiful"?
It is very remarkable that Christ himself, as reported in
leave the descriptive epithet "thy only begotten son" is to
deny the existence of the former and to violate the Covenant
made between God and Ishmael. It is expressly said in this
chapter by God: "Because thou didst not spare thy only
begotten son, I will increase and multiply thy posterity like
the stars and the sands on the seashore," which word
"multiply" was used by the Angel to Hagar in the wilderness:
I will multiply thy offspring to an innumerable multitude, and
that Ishmael "shall become a fruitful man" (Gen. xvi. 12).
Now the Christians have translated the same Hebrew word,
which means "fruitful" or "plentiful" from the verb para -
identical with the Arabic wefera - in their versions "a wild
ass"! Is it not a shame and impiety to call Ishmael "a wild
ass" whom God styles "Fruitful" or "Plentiful"?
It is very remarkable that Christ himself, as reported in