“It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed All who heard the twelve year old boy were astonished. They found him in the temple among the teachers. His parents lost him and searched for three days. Jesus was twelve years old when he went to Jerusalem with his parents to celebrate the feast of Passover. Muslims will drink from the Zam Zam well (near Mecca) in memory of Hagar. The story of Ismael and Hagar has an important role in Islam.
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The names of Ishmael’s sons were: Nebaioth – Kedar – Adbeel – Mibsam – Mishma – Dumah – Massa – Hadad – Tema – Jetur – Naphish – Kedemah They dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. Ishmael had twelve sons who became princes according to their tribes. When Hagar thought they were dying, God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. Hagar and Ishmael ran out of water in the desert. Sarah then demanded that Abraham should cast out Hagar and her son, Ishmael. The mother of Ishmael was Hagar, she was Sarah’s maid. Ishmael was the first born son of Abraham. “And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars ” Revelation 12:1 The design of the flag seems to be enthused by the Bible verse in Revelation 12:1: Their number shall be invariably set to twelve, the symbol of completeness and perfection.” “Against the blue sky of the western world, the stars represent the people of Europe in a circle, a symbol of unity. When these are multiplied 4 x 3, three being the sacred number of God, the result is 12 – the perfect number. The number 12 is the result of 4×3, 4 elements – 4 corners of the earth – 4 cardinal points. The number 12 reflects to the ancient meaning of 12 being the number of perfection. The number 12 is found in cultures and religion in all of Europe. The number 12 was chosen for the symbolism it represents. The number of stars does not have anything to do with any number of countries that are members.