Were Abraham, Isaac and Jacob Jews? The Beginning

Now this is a very interesting question is it not?Sarai, Abram's wife 'cos maybe she was Jewish:
Why am I asking it? I am asking it for the simpleGenesis 11:29 And Abram and Nahor (Abram's
reason that most of those people that know abrother) took them wives: the name of Abram's
little or even a great deal about early Bible historywife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife,
and the book of Genesis, take it for granted thatMilcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were Jews? The thingand the father of Iscah. (Brackets mine)
is, why, and is it true that they were Jews? WhatAbram took Sarai (Sarah) to be his wife before
do they base this idea on and where is thehe left Ur of the Chaldees, to live in Canaan. Sarai
evidence that proves these three men were(Sarah) was his half sister so she had to be a
Jews? You would think, by the way most ofChaldean too - no Jews in this arrangement then.
mainstream Christianity talks and teaches, there isSo this must mean that Isaac wasn't a Jew either
neither doubt nor question about it, such is theiras both his parents were Chaldeans, and not
confidence. There is too, of course, all those ofJews.
the Judaic religion, nationality and persuasion thatSo if Isaac wasn't a Jew then Isaac must have
accept this idea as a given, as a concrete truth. Itmade Jacob a Jew through the woman he
is so concrete and they are so sure ofmarried. No such luck I'm afraid for all of you who
themselves that it would never even enter intothink Jacob was a Jew. Abraham's servant was
their minds to contemplate thinking anything else,given very specific instructions by Abraham on
let alone question it or do some basic research tothe bloodline of the girl Isaac was to marry and
see if it's true, such is their blind belief andthe Bible is very thorough in the detailed account
acceptance of this period in their history.of this crucial piece of history.
OK, so if I prove they were not Jews, so what!Let's return to Genesis for more evidence:
What use would that piece of information be, it allGenesis 22:23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these
happened around 3,500 years ago, so who cares!?eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
Well for starters numerous Bible historians wouldGenesis 24:3-4 And I will make thee swear by
care. I hope too an even bigger number ofthe LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of
Christians who are truly interested in The Truth -the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto
Jesus Christ, and not meaningless religion, wouldmy son of the daughters of the Canaanites,
also care. I know what, I care, because anythingamong whom I dwell: 4 But thou shalt go unto
that shows up the Christian Religion for the shammy country, and to my kindred, and take a wife
and counterfeit that it is, is all grist to the mill.unto my son Isaac. Not much multiculturalism
The Proof Through Biblical Evidence.going on here then!!
Genesis 11:28 And Haran died before his fatherAgain, there we have it, Chaldeans marrying
Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of theChaldeans and not a Jew to be seen anywhere;
Chaldees.Canaanites galore on offer, but no Jews. Why is
Genesis 11:31 And Terah took Abram his son, andthat? Simple, no Jews as yet had been born -
Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai hisnone of this is rocket science, just simple
daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and theygenealogy.
went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees,Moving on, enter: Esau (Edom) and Jacob (Israel)
to go into the land of Canaan; and they camethe offspring of Isaac and Rebekah. Neither of
unto Haran, and dwelt there.these two sons were Jews because Isaac and
Genesis 15:7 And he said unto him, I am theRebekah weren't Jews. We all know the story of
LORD that brought thee out of Ur of theEsau selling his birthright for a bowl of soup and I
Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.won't go into that part of the story now as it has
Nehemiah 9:7 Thou art the LORD the God, whono bearing on this study. I will swiftly move on to
didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forthJacob's story and reveal the truth that he too did
out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him thenot marry a Jew but rather like his father before
name of Abraham;him, married into the same family blood line from
So there we have it, Abram, later namedNahor - Abraham's brother.
Abraham by God who came from Ur in Chaldea.Genesis 29:5-6 And he said unto them, Know ye
This means, whether we like it or not, AbrahamLaban the son of Nahor? And they said, We
was a Chaldean and he was not a Jew. We alsoknow him. 6 And he said unto them, Is he well?
need to realise that at no point in this early BiblicalAnd they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his
history regarding Abram/Abraham's story did Goddaughter cometh with the sheep.
say to Abraham from here on in thou shalt beSo there we have it, once more, Rachel, a
know as a Jew. At this point in time there wereChaldean, chosen as the future wife for Jacob the
neither Jews nor Israelites on the face of theChaldean and not a Jew in sight anywhere. That
earth. Alright then, what about Isaac, he mustcompletes the short genealogy of the three
have been Jewish, Isaac is Jewish name isn't it?generations from Abraham to Jacob (Israel)
Yes, Isaac is a Jewish name because the Jewswithout a single Jew being born, so obviously not
are descendants of Abraham but that still doesn'tmentioned. This is because there weren't any at
make Abraham a Jew, because the Jews didn'tthis stage of the Biblical narrative, but they do
start from Abraham. The Jews Patriarchalenter the world's stage with the next generation.
forefather was someone else entirely.So please stay with it as all will be revealed in the
Let's continue in Genesis and look at Sarah ornext article.