Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

And every man’s hand against him. And he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. —Genesis 16:12 Ishmael would be a wild man. The Hebrew word for wild here alludes to a wild donkey . The same word is used in Job 24:5 and 39:5. In seven other Old Testament references, it is translated “wild ass.” Wild donkeys live in the wilderness and mountains and are difficult to tame. The idea is that Ishmael would dwell in the wilderness and would tend to be continually fighting, with his “hand against every man.” The rod and rebuke give wisdom, But a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. —Proverbs 29:15 The traditional mother-father family system established in the Bible has been challenged by the frequency of divorce and the increased emphasis on alternative lifestyle structures, thus depriving children of their God-ordained role models. America has become an “I” (Ishmael) generation, a one-parent society without dads. Between 1960 and 1990, the percentage of children living apart from their biological father more than doubled, from 17 percent to 36 percent.11 That number is headed toward 50 percent. A fatherless generation creates a void in children and in the nation. World War I continued from 1914 to 1918, causing over eighteen million military and civilian deaths and leaving millions of homes fatherless.12 Under Joseph Stalin, Communism became the new “father” of the Russian people.