Why do the Middle Eastern families hate each other?
The Middle Eastern families hate one another because they are all interrelated as blood relatives. Their shared ancestry, excluding Japheth's line, produces deep-seated hatred rather than unity. This animosity arises precisely because they are close kin with common family lines.
Les explains that all the families now in the Middle East, except for Japheth's line, are interrelated. This blood relationship is the reason they have such hatred for one another, and he says there is no denying it. He then moves to Genesis 24, where Abraham tells his servant not to take a wife for Isaac from the daughters of Canaan, but to go back to his own country and kindred in Syria. Les sees this as a picture or parallel of God calling out the body of Christ from among the Gentiles. The Holy Spirit is moving among the human race, wooing them and presenting the plan of salvation. He also notes the tension between God's sovereignty and human choice, saying we must hold both thoughts in awareness rather than choosing one or the other.
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Why do Middle Eastern families have such hatred for one another?
The Middle Eastern families in these genealogies are all interrelated, and they hate one another because they are blood relatives.