The approaching Jewish new year or Rosh Hashanah marks the beginning of 5780 for Israel. It is the traditional anniversary of Adam and Eve and celebrates Israel’s exodus from Egypt. The Hebrew bible and the Quran share a common history. Ishmael was the son of Abraham and Hagar. According to the story Hagar and Ishmael left when Ishmael was fourteen and settled in a region in the West of what is now Saudi Arabia.
Israelites were slaves in Egypt according to the Hebrew bible. Other sources support this. There is meant to be archeological evidence of a substantial Jewish community along the Nile; and problems with foreign slaves were documented.
Biblical stories are often symbolic, for instance, when the Red Sea parted allowing Israelis to pass out of Egypt. The story of Adam and Eve and their sons Cain and Abel are also considered to be symbolic by academic scholars. Abel might have been the first carnivore. Cain is said to have killed Abel.
These early stories, handed down by word of mouth are an introduction to a range of documents, including official documents, some of which might provide a historical context. Others paradigms.
The first five books of the bible were translated into Greek in 3rd Century BC. during the Greek empire. Greece fell to the Romans in 146 BC.