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That's their argument.
Sarah (Abraham's wife) caused Hagar (Her handmaiden/ his concubine) and Abraham's son by Hagar (Ishmael), to be sent away after the birth of Isaac.
Sarah is claimed to have said that she didn't want her only son to have to compete with the older Ishmael as an heir to Abraham.
So Abraham gives Hagar some food and water and sends her and Ishmeal away, where they become lost in the desert but get the help of an angel.
Thus, the descendants of Ishmael cl;aim to have been cheated out of their birthright.
In early Genesis, the birthright is also to be considered as God's blessing, or favouritism.
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