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I've read a book, i forgot the authors name...but he mentioned there that Muslims came from Esau tribes...remember the brother of Jacob. As what written on the bible God favors Jacob instead of Esau even though he is the first child in the family. Since then, all Esau tribes hated Jacobs tribe.

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hey dont get mad...i was expecting answer that will confirm this...if it is true or not...

Callie Kitty · Accepted Answer

Yes it is true that Esau gave up his birthright and sold it to Jacob.  The tribe of Edomites come from Esau as he left the family and went into Ishmael's tribes to marry and live.  But the hatred part I am not sure of... Esau may have regretted his decision... but to hate Jacob and his progeny... I don't know if that is true.

Anonymous · Answer

By reading any kind of book do not involve in any kind of controversy. Live peacefully  and let others live too Remember that u are a man before any Jacob or Esau

howdy · Answer

Well esau married the daughters of ishmael so some of the muslims are descendants of esau also

kiseek · Answer

Seriously friend, check out the author of every book you read. What if the author was Jim Jones of Kool Aid fame? Would you question it then? What about Tammy Faye Baker? Still OK to quote? Think about it. :)

Gamla Joe · Answer

according to most Arabs are from Ishmael but I imagine Esau in the from of Edom mixed in as well

egypt_as_the_sunset_beautiful · Answer

look at a commen family that has a Dad and Mom and 2 Sons....one boy is always favored over the other....and the 2 brothers fight....Israelis and Arabs will always be brothers even if its only half....but sometimes the brothers can play and get alone just fine right??  yes!!

Anonymous · Answer

LISTEN PEOPLE, Muslim is not a race or ethnicity. It is a religion. You can be Black, White, Asian, or even a Jew and be a Muslim. Vise versa. Now what does all these races go to do with Jacob.

rhanjo · Answer

Yup,..God said it best when He said while they were sitll in their mothers womb, "Jacob I love, Esau I hateth.

Anonymous · Answer

the son of the servant Haggar the egyptian is ishmael and the father of all that live in tents and work in metals look up the story of ambrahem our common father of the idea of one God he was in Egypt and then took a servant to bed to have a son but after sarah drove her out and then had a son

Baradore · Answer

That is why they formed another religion with some of the same basic values. 

Each race wants to be the "chosen" people.

LC · Answer

I think authors manipulate truths or things that sound like truths to serve their purposes.  What were the credentials of the author of the book?   What motives might he have had?

This sounds contrived to me.

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