[Parthalan]

Since most of this information is based on the Christian Bible or Jewish Tora, one this is missing from post #41.

Jacob is also known as Isreal. Thus since Joseph is the son of Isreal, Joseph is an Isrealite. Since he predates Islam it is difficult to be a Muslim, one who practices Islam.

Joseph had 12 brothers who became the 12 tribes of Isreal. So is the brother of the nation of Isreal and son of the person Isreal a Muslim?

[xzins]

Joseph was born before God gave the Jewish Religious Law to Moses. He is not a religious Jew. I don’t really see any way around that.

Even Paul argues the same when considering Abraham, who, Paul says, was before the giving of the law. Abraham was justified, according to Paul, not by keeping the law, but by faith.

Abraham believed God and that was credited to him as righteousness.

[beckysueb]

Ishmael was the half brother of Isaac. Isaac took Rebecca for a wife and they had twins, Jacob and Esau. Jacob took Rachel for a one of his wives and they had Joseph and Benjamin.Ishmael would become the father of the future muslims. But muslims are people who followed the so called prophet Muhammud who was a future generation coming out of Ishmael. He had no religious ties to Joseph.