Reply To: Beni Yishma'el

Shein, im sorry but you arent making any sense. Using my previous example, those 10,000 that preexisted also intermarried each other without involving the Yishmaelim and thus increasing their own population in MUCH greater numbers than just ONE Yishmael. For example, if -for argument sack- one person can through intermarriage -over a decade- multiply to 1000, then 10,000 can (in their OWN intermarriages) multiply to 10 million. So if you have a population of 10,001,000 (10 million + one thousand) out of which 10,000,000 are NOT Yishmaelim, what are the chances of one being a Yishmaeli?! its hardly a 1/64 (0.015625)%. Seriously, im not understanding your logic. How can only ONE person have so much more of an effect in the future generations than the TEN THOUSAND, that 99% of all descendants get to be linked to 1 instead of 10,000?