When did the Hebrew people divide?

[theotimus]

When did the Hebrew people divide?
Who was it that God punished? Was is Ishmael?
Is it from him that majority of other non Hebrew people inhabited the earth?
When did the language divide from Hebrew into other languages?

 

[followingtheway]

When did the Hebrew people divide?Who was it that God punished?

The Hebrew people had many divisions, which one are you referring to?

Was is Ishmael? Is it from him that majority of other non Hebrew people inhabited the earth?

No, Ishmael was the father of the Arabs. Isaac was the father of the Hebrews. Abraham was the father of both. Every other race was just already there.

When did the language divide from Hebrew into other languages?

There is a Bible story called “the Tower of babel” where people try to build a tower to Heaven, and because of their arrogance God confused them making them speak in different languages.

 

[John7]

No, Ishmael was the father of the Arabs. Isaac was the father of the Hebrews. Abraham was the father of both. Every other race was just already there.

1Ch 1.25-28
“Eber, (Heber > Hebrews)
Peleg,
Reu,
Serug,
Nahor,
Terah,
Abram; the same is Abraham. The sons of Abraham;
Isaac, and Ishmael.”

Eber the father of the Hebrews was the
great great great great great grandfather of Isaac and Ishmael

 

[John7]

When did the Hebrew people divide?

the Hebrew people divided with Eber’s two sons.

19 And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg;
because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother’s name was Joktan.

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah,
22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.
(1Ch 1:19-23)

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Where do Esau’s descendents fit into this?

 

[Jehuty_X]

Where do Esau’s descendents fit into this?

Esau is Isaac’s son. Below is from his descendants in Genesis 36.9 (NRSV)

These are the descendants of Esau, ancestor of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir. 10These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz son of Adah the wife of Esau; Reuel, the son of Esau’s wife Basemath. 11The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. 12(Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son; she bore Amalek to Eliphaz.) These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife. 13These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau’s wife, Basemath. 14These were the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, daughter of Anah son of Zibeon: she bore to Esau Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. 15These are the clans of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: the clans Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, 16Korah, Gatam, and Amalek; these are the clans of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah. 17These are the sons of Esau’s son Reuel: the clans Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah; these are the clans of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Esau’s wife Basemath. 18These are the sons of Esau’s wife Oholibamah: the clans Jeush, Jalam, and Korah; these are the clans born of Esau’s wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. 19These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their clans.

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Who are Esau’s descendents today?

 

[Gorgias]

Who are Esau’s descendents today?

Well, in the same way that Jews have (metaphorically) called Arabs “Ishmael” for centuries, they have called Rome (or Europe) “Edom”. Is that what you’re asking?

If you’re asking a geographic question, then Edom was the land south of the Dead Sea.

 

[NotWorthy]

Who are Esau’s descendents today?

Well, I know you can trace them down to Herod (of Edom) in New Testament times. But I’m not sure after that.

This is one of the reason’s Herod was so spooked from the Magi’s visit. It seems he (or his scribes were familiar with Balaam’s words in Numbers 24:

***17 I see him, though not now;
I observe him, though not near:
A star shall advance from Jacob,
***and a scepter* shall rise from Israel,
That will crush the brows of Moab,
and the skull of all the Sethites,
18Edom will be dispossessed,
and no survivor is left in Seir.
Israel will act boldly,
19 and Jacob will rule his foes.