{"id":7308,"date":"2019-01-11T09:18:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7308"},"modified":"2019-01-11T09:18:37","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:18:37","slug":"his-sons-isaac-and-ishmael-buried-him-in-the-cave-of-machpelah-near-mamre-genesis-259-nlt","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/his-sons-isaac-and-ishmael-buried-him-in-the-cave-of-machpelah-near-mamre-genesis-259-nlt","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHis sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, near Mamre&#8221; (Genesis 25:9 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BIBLE HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"48dgu\" data-offset-key=\"48lr4-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"48lr4-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"48lr4-0-0\">Isaac and Ishmael buried their father, Abraham, in the same tomb he had bought to bury Sarah. These two sons became two great peoples. The Jewish nation came from Isaac and the Arab nations from Ishmael. They stood united at their father&#8217;s funeral, but enmity has existed between them until this day. The tomb of Abraham and Sarah is in modern day Hebron. The site has intermittently been under Jewish, Christian, or Muslim control. The current building that sits atop the tomb is a hybrid of a church with Muslim minarets added to make it a mosque. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"48dgu\" data-offset-key=\"b7ltp-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"b7ltp-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"b7ltp-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"48dgu\" data-offset-key=\"690i-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"690i-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"690i-0-0\">Isaac, the miraculous son of the free woman and Ishmael, the human son of the slave woman still contend over the site. The stories of the Bible are true. Its history affects today&#8217;s events.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"48dgu\" data-offset-key=\"3lca3-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"3lca3-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"3lca3-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"48dgu\" data-offset-key=\"i893-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"i893-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"i893-0-0\">PRAYER: Lord, your Word is true. Thank you for the Holy Scriptures which lead, guide and direct us through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We love Your Word. It is like bread to our hungry souls. In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIBLE HISTORY AND CURRENT EVENTS Isaac and Ishmael buried their father, Abraham, in the same tomb he had bought to bury Sarah. These two sons became two great peoples. The Jewish nation came from Isaac and the Arab nations from Ishmael. They stood united at their father&#8217;s funeral, but enmity has existed between them until<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1268],"scripture-chapter":[1358],"oyb_day":[1537],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7308","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-genesis","scripture-chapter-1358","oyb_day-january-11"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7308"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}