Genesis Chapter 1
Genesis 1:2
2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
YAHUSHUA walks on water.
YAHUSHUA was trying to show them who HE was. HE was trying to show them whose spirit had moved over the surface of the waters.
'And the earth came to be a formless and empty, and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of Elohim was moving on the face of the waters.' (The ISR Scriptures)
a - Or the earth became.
'And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Ruach of Elohim moved upon the face of the mayim.' (The Restoration Scriptures)
'and the earth being without form and empty, and darkness on the face of the deep, and the Spirit of Elohim moving gently on the face of the waters,' (Hebraic Roots Bible)
'The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of Elohim was moving over the surface of the waters.' (Interlinear Genesis)
Genesis 1:3
3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.(KJV)
If YHWH made the sun, the moon, and the stars on the fourth (4th) day, what is this light on the first (1st) day? The Messiah?
Genesis 1:5
"5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."(KJV)
The 1st Day of Creation
Genesis 1:6
"And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."(KJV)
"And Elohim said, "Let an expanse come to be in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters."" (The ISR Scriptures)
"And Elohim said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the mayim, and let it divide the mayim from the mayim." (The Restoration Scriptures)
"Then Elohim said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate between the waters and the waters."" (Interlinear Genesis)
Genesis 1:8
"8And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."(KJV)
The 2nd Day of Creation
Genesis 1:13
"13And the evening and the morning were the third day."(KJV)
The 3rd Day of Creation
Genesis 1:14
"And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:"(KJV)
"And Elohim said, "Let lights come to be in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night and let them be for signs and appointed times and for days and years." (The Besorah Yahusha)
The beginning of the 4th Day of Creation
The appointed-times and years are determined by lights in the sky (Gen 1:14-15). In Lev 23 the appointed-times are defined using the elements of the calendar (the first month, counting months, counting days, and counting the cycle of the Sabbath). Thus the elements of the calendar are determined by the lights in the sky. Gen 1:14-18 repeatedly mentions lights and never mentions heat or plants. Plants that are capable of natural growth during each segment of the year in each locality of the earth are specifically determined by heat (the normal temperature range) and water. While there does need to be some light making its way through the clouds to supply energy for photosynthesis, the precise length of daylight each day hardly matters for the time of planting and reaping. The basic keys for the annual agricultural cycle are heat and water. Because Gen 1:14-18 mentions lights, and never heat or water, it is an astronomical context, not an agricultural context. Gen 1:14-18 declares that elements of astronomy defined by light, not agriculture, determine the calendar unless there is clear evidence to the contrary elsewhere in the Tanak. The emphasis on lights shows that observation rather than calculation was the basis for the biblical calendar. This implies that no calculation of the astronomical new moon (conjunction) was involved for the calendar. A complete study of I Samuel 20 shows that it was not known in advance whether a biblical month would have 29 or 30 days, so that the start of a month was not based upon calculation.
Treatise on the Biblical Calendar, second edition (abbreviated TBC2) by Herb Solinsky
Personal Note: While I would tend to agree with the author cited above, certain plants do, in fact, base their flowering phase on the amount of light they receive. Cannabis, also known as marijuana, requires a minimum of 9 hours of daylight to survive. After the summer solstice, when the light drops below 12 hours per day, the plant will begin to develop flowers.
"Gen 1:14 mentions the lights in the heavens, and these are the sun, the moon, the stars, the planets, and comets. The cycles of the planets and comets are much too irregular in comparison to repeatable phenomena on the earth to consider in relation to a biblical calendar when considering the lights in the heavens. The stars must be excluded because during every 1000 tropical years the time of the appearance of the stars slowly shifts about 14.1 days further into the tropical year thus losing touch with the earth's seasons; this is called precession of the equinoxes in books on astronomy. Only the sun and moon remain to be considered. The moon determines the months but not which month is the first. Only the sun remains to be considered. The only repeatable time points involving the sun are the two equinoxes and the two solstices. Considering that the barley and wheat in Israel are harvested in the spring, the vernal equinox is the only logical candidate to consider that involves the lights in the heavens on the direct basis on Gen 1:14."
Treatise on the Biblical Calendar, second edition (abbreviated TBC2) by Herb Solinsky pg. 142b.
Genesis 1:16
16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.(KJV)
Gen 1:16-18 mentions the rulership or dominance of the two great lights and the stars. Ps 136:7-9 shows that the two great lights are the sun and the moon. Thus Gen 1:16-18 must refer to the sun and moon, with the stars mentioned at the end.
Genesis 1:19
"19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day."(KJV)
The 4th Day of Creation
Genesis 1:23
"23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day."(KJV)
The 5th Day of Creation
Genesis 1:27
"27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."(KJV)
Who are these people?
Adam wasn't created until Genesis 2:7.
Genesis 1:29-30
"29And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat."(KJV)
"30And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so."(KJV)
It would seem to be that in the beginning man was a vegetarian.
Genesis 1:31
"31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day."(KJV)
The 6th Day of Creation
Genesis Chapter 2
Genesis 2:7
If this is Adam, who was created in Genesis 1:27?
Genesis 2:17
17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Adam lived to be ~900 years old. The "day" he died in was the 1,000 year day.
Genesis 2:19
"19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."(KJV)
Adam named every living creature on earth.
Genesis Chapter 3
The fall of man
Genesis 3:6
"6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."(KJV)
Adam was with Eve when she took off the forbidden fruit.
Genesis 3:8
"8And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden."(KJV)
YHWH has no image or form. Whose footsteps did they hear?
Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."(KJV)
"And I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. b He shall crush your head, and you shall crush His heel." (The ISR Scriptures)
b - First promise of the Messiah.
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your zera and her Zera; He shall crush your head, and you shall bruise His heel. 13" (The Restoration Scriptures)
13 - The proto-evangelium, or the first proclamation of the Good News. While the Seed here is Messiah Yahshua, it also speaks of the nation of Yisrael overcoming the serpent's people.
"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel." (Hebraic Roots Bible)
"And I shall put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel." (Interlinear Genesis)
What does this mean? YHWH is saying HE will put hatred between Adam's seed and Eve's seed.
Genesis 3:21
"21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them."(KJV)
This earliest recorded sin sacrifice.
Immediately after confronting them with their transgressions, YHWH covers them with the skin of an innocent animal - killed just for them.
At this time there are no Jews and no Hebrews.
Genesis 3:22
22And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
The first reference to eternal life for a man.
Why doesn't YHWH want us to know good and evil?
What is the tree of life?
Genesis Chapter 4
Genesis 4:4
'4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:'(KJV)
Cain and Abel knew about offerings before the Torah was given at Mount Sinai.
Genesis 4:5
'5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.'(KJV)
Why didn't YHWH respect Cain's offering?
Genesis 4:7
'7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.'(KJV)
What does this mean?
Genesis 4:26
"And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."(KJV)
'And to Shĕth, to him also a son was born. And he called his name Enosh. Then it was begun to call on the Name of YHWH.' d (The ISR Scriptures)
d The first record of “calling on the Name of YHWH."?
'And to Sheth, also there was born a son; and he called his name Enosh: then men began to call upon the Name of YHWH.' 20 (The Restoration Scriptures)
20 A long time before Moses in Exodus 3:15.
Why?
The first record of "calling" on the Name of YHWH.
There is a school of thought that says the word 'call' should be 'profane'.
- Targum of Onkelos
- Targum of Jonathan
- Kimchi, Rashi, et al
- Jerome
- Maimonides, Commentary on the Mishnah, 1168 A.D.
Genesis Chapter 5
Genesis 5:18-24
The story of Enoch.Genesis 5:23
'23And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years:'(KJV)
Interesting, the same number of years as the number of days in a solar year 365.
Genesis 5:24
24And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.(KJV)
So Enoch didn't die in the conventional sense?
Genesis Chapter 6
Genesis 6:2
'2That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.'(KJV)
What is going on here?
Genesis 6:3
'3And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.'(KJV)
The lifespan of humans will be 120 years.
Genesis 6:4
"There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."(KJV)
'The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, the men of name.' (The ISR Scriptures)
'There were Nephilim 25 in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of Elohim came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men who were of old, men of fame. 26' (The Restoration Scriptures)
25 Literally means "fallen ones."
26 To stop YHWH's eternal plan to fill the earth with one pure people.
Genesis 6:18
'18But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee.'(KJV)
Noahide covenant
Genesis Chapter 7
Genesis 7:1
"1And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation."(KJV)
Noah was seen as righteous by YHWH.
Genesis 7:2
"2Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female."(KJV)
It would appear that Noah knew about clean and unclean dietary laws.
At this time there are no Jews and no Hebrews.
Genesis 7:6
"6And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth."(KJV)
Moses is 600 years old.
Genesis 7:8
"8Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,"(KJV)
It would appear that Noah knew about clean and unclean dietary laws.
At this time there are no Jews and no Hebrews.
Genesis 7:10
"10And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth."(KJV)
After seven days from what?
Genesis 7:11
"11In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."(KJV)
600 02/17
This is the beginning of a time marker for determining the number of days in a month. The end of this marker is Genesis 8:3-4.
Genesis 7:12
"12And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights."(KJV)
40 days and 40 nights.
Genesis 7:16
"16And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in."(KJV)
The LORD shut him in?
Genesis 7:24
"24And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days."(KJV)
The waters covered the earth for 150 days.
Five months?
Genesis Chapter 8
Genesis 8:3-4
"3And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated."(KJV)
"4And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat."(KJV)
Will this be the start of the millenial reign or perhaps the day of the Messiah's return?
These two verses are the end of a time marker that began with Genesis 7:11. 150 days divided by 5 Months = 30 days per month. It would appear that, in the days of Noah, months were thirty (30) days long.
Genesis 8:13
"And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry." (KJV)
How was Noah able to determine the beginning of the year without a barley harvest?
Does this verse disprove the abib barley method for determining the beginning of the year?
Genesis 8:20
'20And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.' (KJV)
It would appear that Noah knew about animal sacrifice and clean and unclean dietary laws.
At this time there are no Jews and no Hebrews.
Genesis Chapter 9
Genesis 9:2
"2And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered." (KJV)
Why do they have to be afraid?
Genesis 9:4
"4But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat." (KJV)
What does this mean?
Genesis 9:9
"9And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;" (KJV)
God's covenent with man.
Genesis 9:25
"25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren." (KJV)
Why? What did he do wrong?
Genesis 9:29
"29And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died." (KJV)
Noah lived to be 950 years old.
Genesis Chapter 10
Genesis 10
This chapter lists the descendants of Noah's sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth.
Noah's seed
SHEM
- Shem
- Elam
- Asshur
- Arphaxad
- Salah
- Eber
- Peleg
- Joktan
- Almodad
- Sheleph
- Hazarmaveth
- Jerah
- Hadoram
- Uzal
- Diklah
- Obal
- Abimael
- Sheba
- Ophir
- Havilah
- Jobab
- Eber
- Salah
- Lud
- Aram
- Uz
- Hul
- Gether
- Mash
HAM
Ham - (...the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha.)
- Ham
- Cush
- Seba
- Havilah
- Sabtah
- Raamah
- Sheba
- Dedan
- Sabtechah
- Nimrod
- Mizraim
- Ludim
- Anamim
- Lehabim
- Naphtuhim
- Pathrusim
- Casluhim
- Philistim
- Caphtorim
- Phut
- Canaan
- (1) Sidon
- Heth
- Cush
JAPHETH
- Japheth - (isles of the Gentiles)
- Gomer
- Ashkenaz
- Riphath
- Togarmah
- Magog
- Madai
- Javan
- Elishah
- Tarshish
- Kittim
- Dodanim
- Tubal
- Meshech
- Tiras
- Gomer
Giants
Giants in the Earth Part III: Giants of Asia (WWW.MYSTERIOUSWORLD.COM) (12/07/11)
Genesis 10:5
"5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations."(KJV)
What are the isles of the Gentiles?
Genesis 10:14
"14And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim."(KJV)
Is this the Philistines?
Genesis 10:18
"18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad."(KJV)
Why the obsession with the Canaanites?
Genesis 10:25
"25And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan."(KJV)
What does that mean that the earth was divided?
Genesis 10:30
"30And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east."(KJV)
Interesting to note they cannot find anything to substantiate Mesha described in this verse.
Genesis 10:29 (HTTP://BIBLE.CC) (2012/1215)
The search for Mesha.
I can not find a reference to where this area is?!
Genesis Chapter 11
Genesis 11
Genesis Chapter 12
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.(KJV)
YHWH is talking to Abraham and his seed which would include his first son Ismael (through Hagar), his second son Isaac (through Sarah) and his other six (6) sons (through Keturah) Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
The Hebrew translation could be "...all families of the earth be mixed or grafted."
Genesis 12:5
"And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came."(KJV)
'And Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the beings whom they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Kena'an. And they came to the land of Kena'an.' (The ISR Scriptures)
'And Avram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the beings that they had gotten in Charan; and they went out to go into the land of Kanaan; and into the land of Kanaan they came.' (The Restoration Scriptures)
Lot/Lot was Abram's/Abram's nephew.
Genesis 12:6
"And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land."(KJV)
'And Abram passed through the land to the place of Shekem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. At that time the Kena'anites were in the land.
Genesis 12:20
"20And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had."(KJV)
Interesting, Abram/Abram left Egypt/Mitsrayim at the Pharaoh's command with an abundance of possessions. This is similar to the story of Moses/Mosheh
Genesis Chapter 13
Genesis 13:1
Abram/Abram & Lot/Lot leave Egypt/Mitsrayim.
Genesis 13:6-12
Abram/Abram & Lot/Lot part company.
Genesis 13:14-18
YHWH gives the land of Canaan/Kena'an to Abram/Abram and promises to make his seed as the number of the dust of the earth.
Genesis Chapter 14
Genesis 14:13
13And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.(KJV)
Abram/Abram referred to as a Hebrew.
Genesis 14:18
18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.(KJV)
Melchizedek/Malkitsedeq was a priest of YHWH before the Levitical priesthood had been established on Mount Sinai!
Genesis Chapter 15
Genesis 15:8
"And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?"(KJV)
'And he said, "Master YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?"' (The ISR Scriptures)
'And he said, Master YHWH, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?' (The Restoration Scriptures)
'And he said, Adonai Yahweh, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?' (Hebraic Roots Bible)
'He said, O my Master YHWH, how may I know that I shall possess it?' (Interlinear Genesis)
Genesis 15:13-14
"13And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;"(KJV)
YHWH said that the children of Israel would be slaves in Egypt for 400 years.
"14And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance."(KJV)
Genesis 15:16
16But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. (KJV)
What exactly is the iniquity of the Amorites?
Genesis 15:17
"17And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces."(KJV)
This has to do with the fulfilling of the covenant.
Genesis 15:18
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: (KJV)
YHWH says that the land HE is giving to Abraham's seed will be from the Nile to the Euphrates. This should include Ishmael and Esau.
The Abramic covenant.
'On the same day YHWH made a covenant with Abram, saying, "I have given this land to your seed, from the river of Mitsrayim to the great river, the River Euphrates,' (The ISR Scriptures)
'On that day YHWH made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:' (Interlinear Genesis)
Genesis Chapter 16
Genesis 16
Genesis chapter 16 is essentially the story of Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl.
"The Arabs, according to their own tradition and according to the Jewish tradition, are the descendants of Ishmael."
Genesis 16:1-2
Sarai/Sarah/Sarai tells Abram/Abram to take her Egyptians handmaiden Hagar/Agar/Hagar for a wife so she can have children by her.
Genesis 16:3
After being in the land of Canaan for 10 years, Sarai/Sarah/Sarai gives her handmaiden Hagar/Agar/Hagar to Abram/Abram for a wife so she can have children by her.
Genesis 16:4
Hagar/Agar/Hagar conceives a child by Abram/Abram
Abram/Abram will not enter covenant with YHWH until Genesis 17 so this child will not pass through the circumcision and cannot be heir to the promise.
Genesis 16:5-6
After she conceives, tensions mount between Hagar/Agar/Hagar and Sarai/Sarah/Sarai and Hagar/Agar/Hagar flees from Sarai/Sarah/Sarai.
Genesis 16:7
The angel of the YHWH finds Hagar/Agar/Hagar in the wilderness by a well on the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:9
The angel of the YHWH tells Hagar/Agar/Hagar to return to Sarai/Sarah/Sarai and submit to her.
Genesis 16:10
The angel of the YHWH tells Hagar/Agar/Hagar that HE will multiply her seed.
Genesis 16:11
The angel of the YHWH tells Hagar/Agar/Hagar that she is to name the male child Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl.
The Messiah names Ismael.
Genesis 16:12
The angel of the YHWH tells Hagar/Agar/Hagar that her son will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Genesis 16:15
Hagar/Agar/Hagar bears Abram/Abram a son and he names the boy Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl.
Genesis 16:16
Abram/Abram was 86 years old when Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl was born.
Genesis Chapter 17
Genesis 17
A covenant of circumcision.
I need to do more study on this chapter as at least one covenant is mentioned here. YHWH also speaks of many nations NOT just one.
Genesis 17:1
"1And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect."(KJV)
Abram/Abram was 99 years old at this point. This would have been 13 years after the birth of Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl
Abram/Abram was 99 years old, when YHWH appears to him.
Genesis 17:2-4
"2And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly."(KJV)
"3And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,"(KJV)
"4As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations."(KJV)
YHWH tells Abram/Abram HE is going to make a covenant with him and make him the father of many nations.
Genesis 17:5
"5Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee."(KJV)
YHWH changes Abram's name to Abraham.
The father of many nations.
YHWH changes Abram's/Abram's name to Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 17:7
"7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee."(KJV)
Covenant
YHWH establishes HIS everlasting covenant with Abraham/Abrahim's and his seed.
YHWH gives the land of Canaan/Kena'an to Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 17:9
"9And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations."(KJV)
Covenant
Genesis 17:10-11
"10This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised."(KJV)
"11And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you."(KJV)
Covenant
YHWH tells Abraham/Abrahim that every male child eight (8) years and up are to be circumcised.
Circumcision is a token of the covenant. It is an act of obedience. I am not sure if is a salvation issue.
YHWH tells Abraham/Abrahim that the token of their covenant will be that he and his seed are circumcised.
Genesis 17:12
"12And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed."(KJV)
This passage clearly states that even those not of Abraham/Abrahim's bloodline are still included in the covenant if they are circumcised.
This verse clearly includes those not of the seed of Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 17:14
"14And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant."(KJV)
Covenant
Genesis 17:15
"15And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be."(KJV)
YHWH changes Sarai's name to Sarah.
Genesis 17:16
'And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.'(KJV)
This verse negates any claim that Hagar/Agar/Hagar might make to fame.
Genesis 17:17
"17Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?"(KJV)
Sarah/Sarai is 90 years old at this point in time.
Abraham/Abrahim laughs at the thought of him and Sarah/Sarai having a child at their age. He says that Sarah/Sarai is 90 years old.
Genesis 17:19
"19And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him."(KJV)
Covenant
YHWH reiterates that Sarah/Sarai will have a son and that his name is to be Isaac/Yitshaq.
Genesis 17:20
"20And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation."(KJV)
YHWH tells Abraham/Abrahim that HE has blessed Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl, that he will be a great nation and twelve (12) princes shall come from him.
Who are the 12 princes Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl begat?
YHWH blesses Ismael.
Genesis 17:21
"21But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year."(KJV)
Covenant
YHWH tells Abraham/Abrahim that HE will establish HIS everlasting covenant with Isaac/Yitshaq and his seed after him.
Genesis 17:22
"22And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. "(KJV)
YHWH departs from Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 17:24-27
"24And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."(KJV)
"25And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin."(KJV)
"26In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son."(KJV)
"27And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him."(KJV)
Abram/Abram was 99 years old when he was circumcised. This would have been 13 years after the birth of Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl
Abraham/Abrahim circumcises himself at 99 years of age, Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl at 13 years of age and all the men in his household.
Genesis Chapter 18
Genesis 18:1
YHWH visits Abraham/Abrahim and Sarah/Sarah/Sarai in the plains of Mamre/Mamrĕ.
Genesis 18:10
YHWH prophesies that Sarah/Sarah/Sarai will have a son.
Genesis 18:17-21
YHWH tells Abraham/Abrahim that He is going to judge Sodom/Sedom and Gomorrah/Amorah.
Genesis 18:18
"18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?"(KJV)
ALL the nations.
Genesis 18:23-32
Abraham/Abrahim pleads for the righteous in the cities of Sodom/Sedom and Gomorrah/Amorah.
Genesis Chapter 19
Genesis 19:1-25
Two angels and YHWH destroy the city of Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19:3
"3And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat."(KJV)
Why unleavened?
Genesis 19:16
"16And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city."(KJV)
Transported?
Genesis 19:26
Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:27-28
Abraham sees the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:27-28
Abraham sees the aftermath of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 19:29-36
Lot's two daughters get their father drunk and sleep with him to preserve their seed.
Genesis 19:37
"37And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day."(KJV)
The result of an incestuous father daughter relationship.
Genesis 19:38
"38And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day."(KJV)
The result of an incestuous father daughter relationship.
...As the cities are being ravaged by rains of sulfur-and-fire, Abraham's nephew Lot escapes into the hills with his two daughters. The daughters look out upon the devastation, and presume they are the only survivors left on earth. That would make their father the only living male. So in order to propagate the human species, they initiate incestuous relations with their father. The two daughters get Lot drunk and ... nine months later, each gives birth to a baby boy. (Genesis 19:30-38)
The younger daughter named her son "Ben-Ami," which means "son of my people." She felt uncomfortable about the incest, and modestly concealed the baby's lineage.
The older daughter also felt uncomfortable about the incest, but she dealt with it in the much different way. She figured that by presenting incest as a valid alternative lifestyle, that would totally justify her behavior and she'd have nothing to feel guilty about! In other words, "I can do whatever I want ... and who are you to tell me otherwise?!"
So she brazenly named her son "Moav," which means "from my father." She made "incest" the child's name!
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Genesis Chapter 20
Genesis 20:1
Abraham/Abrahim travels to Abimelech/Abimelek king of Gerar/Gerar country.
Genesis 20:2
Abraham/Abrahim tells Abimelech/Abimelek Sarah/Sarai is his sister so the king takes her but doesn't have sex with her.
Genesis 20:3-6
YHWH comes to Abimelech/Abimelek in a dream and tells him that Sarah/Sarai is the wife of Abraham/Abrahim.
YHWH kept Abimelech/Abimelek from desiring her sexually which would have consummated the sin.
Genesis 20:7
YHWH tells Abimelech/Abimelek that Abraham/Abrahim is a prophet.
YHWH calls a Abraham/Abrahim prophet.
Genesis 20:8-11
Abimelech/Abimelek confronts Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 20:12
12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.Genesis 20:9-13
Abraham/Abrahim explains that Sarah/Sarai is his sister on his father's side and that he was afraid for his life so that was why he didn't say that she was also his wife.
Genesis 20:14-16
14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.16And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Abimelech/Abimelek gives Abraham/Abrahim Sarah/Sarai and material possessions and tells him he can live anywhere in his land that he desires.
Genesis 20:17-18
18For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.YHWH opens all the wombs in Abimelech/Abimelek house that he had closed due to the sin with Sarah/Sarai.
Sarah/Sarai is Abraham's/Abrahim's step sister on his father's side.
Genesis Chapter 21
Genesis 21:1-2
Genesis 21:3
Genesis 21:4
4And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him.
Genesis 21:4
Genesis 21:8
Genesis 21:9-14
Genesis 21:15-19
Genesis 21:20
20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
YHWH was with Ishmael who grows to become an archer.
What does being an archer symbolize?
Genesis 21:21
Genesis 21:22-26
Genesis 21:27-32
Genesis 21:33
Translation Difference
"And he planted a tamarisk tree in Be'ĕrsheba and there called on the Name of YHWH, the everlasting El." (The ISR Scriptures)
Genesis 21:34
Genesis Chapter 22
Genesis 22
Avraham and Isaac - Y'shua's Death and Resurrection
Avraham offered his only son (Genesis 22:2-12).
YHWH offered his only Son (John 3:16).
Isaac carried the wood for the sacrifice (Genesis 22:5).
Y'shua carried the cross for the sacrifice (John 19:17).
Isaac cried out to his father (Genesis 22:7).
Y'shua cried out to His Father (Matthew 27:46; Mark 15:34).
Isaac escaped death after three days (Genesis 22:4).
Y'shua rose from the dead on the third day (Matthew 16:21; Mark 16:2-4; Luke 9:22).
Avraham indicated YHWH will provide a lamb for the sacrifice (Genesis 22:8).
YHWH provided Y'shua as The Lamb for the sacrifice (Isaiah 53:7; John 1:29-36, Revelation 5:6, 7:17).
YHWH provided a ram, a male sheep, as a substitutionary sacrifice (Genesis 22:13).
YHWH provided a male, Y'shua, as a substitutionary sacrifice.
The ram was caught by its horns (head) in a thicket (thorns) (Genesis 22:13).
Y'shua wore a crown of thorns on his head (Matthew 27:29), a symbol of the sin He bore (Genesis 3:18).
Sacrifice offered at specific location on Mount Moriah (Genesis 22:2,9).
For hundreds of years, sacrifices would be offered from the same spot inside Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple (2 Chronicles 3:1). When Y'shua is crucified outside the city walls on the same mountain, the veil within the Temple is rent in two (Mark 15:38).
The ram was YHWH's provision (Genesis 22:13-14).
Abraham prophetically named the place pointing to the crucifixion where YHWH made the ultimate provision: the sacrifice of His Son for sin (Hebrews 9:26-28).
Abraham believed that YHWH would raise Isaac from the dead (Hebrews 11:19).
YHWH raised Y'shua from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:20-23).
Genesis 22:1
"1And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am."(KJV)
"And it came to be after these events that Elohim tried Abrahim and said to him, "Abrahim!" And he said, "Here I am."" (The Besorah of Yahusha)
To tempt is an invitation to sin. YHWH doesn't do that. He tries us or tests us.
Genesis 22:12
"12And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me."(KJV)
The ownership of this sentence only makes sense if the angel is YHWH! That would mean this is the Messiah speaking.
Genesis 22:14
"And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen."(KJV)
'And Abrahim called the name of the place, 'YHWH Yireh,' as it is said to this day, "On the mountain YHWH provides"'
Genesis 22:15
"15And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,"(KJV)
THE angel of YHWH is the Messiah.
Genesis Chapter 23
Genesis 23:1
'1And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah.'(KJV)
Sarah/Sarai was 127 years old when she died
Genesis 23:2
Sarah/Sarai died in Kirjatharba/Kirjath-Arba/Kirjath-ha-Arba/Qiryath Arba
Kirjatharba/Kirjath-Arba/Kirjath-ha-ArbaQiryath Arba - city of Arba, (H7153) - or (with the article interposed) Qiryath ha- Arbaw (Neh. 11:25) {keer-yath' haw-ar-bah'}; from 'qiryah' (7151) and ''Arba`' (704) or ''arba`' (702); city of Arba, or city of the four (giants); Kirjath-Arba or Kirjath-ha-Arba, a place in Palestine:--Kirjath-arba.; (7151) - from 'qarah' (7136) in the sense of flooring, i.e. building; a city:--city.; (7136) - a primitive root; to light upon (chiefly by accident); causatively, to bring about; specifically, to impose timbers (for roof or floor):--appoint, lay (make) beams, befall, bring, come (to pass unto), floor, (hap) was, happen (unto), meet, send good speed.; (704) - the same as ''arba`' (702); Arba, one of the Anakim:--Arba.; (702) - masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}; from 'raba`' (7251); four:--four.; (7251) - a primitive root (rather identical with 'raba`' (7250) through the idea of sprawling "at all fours" (or possibly the reverse is the order of deriv.); compare ''arba`' (702)); properly, to be four (sided); used only as denominative of 'reba`' (7253); to be quadrate:--(four-)square(-d).
Genesis 23:3-7
Abraham/Abrahim talks with the men of Heth/Cheth/HĔth about a burial place for Sarah/Sarai.
Genesis 23:8-15
Abraham/Abrahim deals with Ephron/Ephron son of Zohar/Tsohar for a burial place for Sarah/Sarai.
Genesis 23:16
'16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.'(KJV)
Abraham/Abrahim pays 400 shekel/sheqel of silver for the cave in the field of Machpelah/Makpĕlah.
Genesis Chapter 24
Genesis 24:7
7The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.(KJV)
Genesis 24:2-9
Abraham/Abrahim tells his eldest servant to go to his kindred in his country and find a wife for Isaac. Abraham/Abrahim tells him NOT to choose a Canaanite/Kena'anite woman.
Genesis 24:10
The servant takes ten (10) camels and goes to Nahor in Mesopotamia/Aram Naharayim.
Genesis 24:11-15
The servant comes to a well and prays to YHWH to help him find a bride for his master's son. He asks as a sign that when he asks her for water, that she offer to water his camels also. He was hardly done speaking when Rebekah/Rebecca/Ribqah appears.
Abraham/Abrahim's servant finds a bride for Isaac/Yitshaq at a well in Nahor. Her name is Rebekah/Rebecca/Ribqah.
Genesis 24:16-28
Rebekah/Rebecca/Ribqah gives the servant water and offers to water his camels also. The servant puts jewelry on her and tells her of his mission. She goes and tells her family.
Genesis 24:29-32
Rebekah/Rebecca/Ribqah brother Laban/Laban comes out to meet the servant. Laban/Laban offers to let the servant stay the night at his house.
Genesis 24:33-54
The servant tells Laban/Laban why he has come and about the miracle at the well when his prayer was answered.
Genesis 24:55-61
The next morning Laban/Laban and Rebekah/Rebecca/Ribqah mother tried to get the servant to stay for a while but he insisted that he had to get back to his master.
Genesis 24:62-67
Isaac/Yitshaq meets his bride and takes her into his mother's tent as his bride.
Genesis Chapter 25
Genesis 25
The genealogy of Abraham/Abrahim is detailed.
Genesis 25:1
Abraham/Abrahim takes Keturah/Qeturah as a wife.
Genesis 25:2
Keturah/Qeturah bears Zimran/Zimran, Jokshan/Yoqshan, Medan/Medan, Midian/Midyan, Ishbak/Yishbaq and Shuah/Shuwa.
Genesis 25:3
Jokshan/Yoqshan had Sheba/Sabeans/Sheba and Dedan/Dedan
Dedan/Dedan had Asshurim/Asshurim, Letushim/Letushim and Leummim/Le'ummim
Genesis 25:4
Midian/Midyan's sons were Ephah/Ephah, Epher/Epher, Hanoch/Hanok, Abidah/Abida/Abida, Eldaah/Elda'ah, Keturah/Qeturah
Genesis 25:5
Abraham/Abrahim gave all that he had to Isaac/Yitshaq
Genesis 25:6
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham/Abrahim had, Abraham/Abrahim gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac/Yitshaq his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
Genesis 25:8
Abraham/Abrahim dies at 175 years old.
Abraham/Abrahim was gathered to his people.
Genesis 25:9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;
Genesis 25:10
The field which Abraham/Abrahim purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis 25:11
"And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi."(KJV)
"And it came to be, after the death of Abraham, that Elohim blessed his son Yitshaq. And Yitshaq dwelt at Be'er Lahai Ro'i." (The ISR Scriptures)
"And it came to pass after the death of Avraham, that Elohim blessed his son Yitzchak; and Yitzchak dwelt by the well Lachai-Roei." (The Restoration Scriptures)
What is the blessing that is being referred to here?
Genesis 25:12
The genealogy of Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl is detailed.
Genesis 25:13-15
The names of the sons of Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl were Nebajoth/Nebaioth/Nebayoth, Kedar/Qĕdar, Adbeel/Adbe'ĕl, Mibsam/Mibsam, Misma/Mishma, Dumah/Dumah, Massa/Massa, Hadar/Hadar, Tema/Tĕma, Jetur/Yetur, Naphish/Naphish and Kedemah/Qĕdemah.
Genesis 25:16
Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl had twelve (12) sons.
Very interesting!
Genesis 25:17
Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl died at 137 years old.
Genesis 25:18
Ishmael/Yishma'ĕl people lived from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria.
Genesis 25:19
The genealogy of Isaac/Yitshaq is detailed.
Genesis 25:20
Isaac/Yitshaq was forty (40) years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian.
Genesis 25:21
Isaac/Yitshaq prayed to YHWH for Rebekah who was barren and Rebekah conceived.
Genesis 25:22
Rebekah children struggled inside her and she asked YHWH why.
Genesis 25:23
YHWH told her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.
Genesis 25:24
Rebekah gives birth to twins.
Genesis 25:25
"25And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau."(KJV)
Rebekah was red and hairy and they named him Esau/Esaw.
Esau/Esaw - hairy
NOTE: The punctuation of this verse doesn't make sense. The comma seems to be in the wrong place.
Genesis 25:26
"26And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them."(KJV)
Then his brother came out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.
Jacob/Ya'aqob - supplanter; from '`aqab' (6117); heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Isaac/Yitshaq was sixty (60) when he his sons were born.
Genesis 25:27
"27And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents."(KJV)
The boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents.
What is the significance of this verse? Where did Esau/Esaw live?
Plain/Perfect (WWW.THELIVINGWORDS.ANCIENT-HEBREW.ORG)
Genesis 25:28
And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob.
Genesis 25:29
"And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:"(KJV)
"And Ya'aqob cooked a stew, and Esaw came in from the field, and he was weary." (The ISR Scriptures)
"And Yaakov cooked pottage: and Esav came from the field, and he was faint:" (The Restoration Scriptures)
Genesis 25:30
"And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom."(KJV)
Was this a name change? Who changed his name? Was this done later; if so, by whom?
Edom/Edom - red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him
"And Esaw said to Ya'aqob, “Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am weary.?? That is why his name was called Edom." (The ISR Scriptures)
"And Esav said to Yaakov, Please feed me with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom." (The Restoration Scriptures)
Genesis 25:31-34
Esau/Esaw sells his birthright to Jacob/Ya'aqob
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Genesis Chapter 26
Genesis 26:1-3
YHWH is telling Isaac/Yitshaq to go to Egypt and recalls the promise HE made with Isaac/Yitshaq.'s father Abraham/Abrahim.
Genesis 26:4-5
"4And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;"(KJV)
"5Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."(KJV)
The reason why YHWH favored Abraham/Abrahim was 'Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.' (KJV)
Scriptural proof that YHWH had given the people commandments, statutes AND laws BEFORE Mount Sinai.
Genesis 26:24
"24And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake." (KJV)
Isaac/Yitshaq received a blessing for Abraham's sake not his own sake.
Genesis Chapter 27
Genesis 27:1-29
Jacob/Ya'aqob steals Esau's/Ĕsaw's blessing
Genesis Chapter 28
Genesis 28
Isaac sends Jacob to Laban
Jacob's dream at Beth-el
Genesis 28:4
"4And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham."(KJV)
This is Isaac giving a blessing to Jacob. I do not think this is the same as YHWH giving a blessing to Abraham. I will need to verify this theory with what is written in Deuteronomy 26:5 and Galatians 3:16.
Genesis 28:12
"12And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it."(KJV)
Here's that reference to a ladder again.
DNA?
Genesis 28:16
"16And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not."(KJV)
Interesting that Jacob said that YHWH is in this place and not that YHWH was here. Is Jacob referring to the land being kodesh or that he was at a sacred site?
Genesis Chapter 29
Genesis 29:1
Jacob/Ya'aqob traveled to the land of the east.
Genesis 29:2
Jacob/Ya'aqob comes into Laban/Laban's land.
Genesis 29:6-12
Jacob/Ya'aqob meets Rachel/Rahĕl for the first time.
Genesis 29:13
Laban/Laban meets Jacob/Ya'aqob.
Genesis 29:16
Laban/Laban two daughters are named Leah/Lĕ'ah and Rachel/Rahĕl.
Genesis 29:18
'18And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'(KJV)
Why seven (7) years?
Jacob/Ya'aqob falls in love with Rachel/Rahĕl and offers to serve Laban/Laban for seven (7) years in exchange for her.
Genesis 29:21
Jacob/Ya'aqob does the seven years of service and asks Laban/Laban for Rachel/Rahĕl.
Genesis 29:22
According to Jewish rabbis, in Genesis 29:22, Jacob vowed to give one-tenth of all his future acquisitions to the Almighty. However, I do not see this in this verse. ???
Genesis 29:22-27
'27Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.'(KJV)
>What did he mean by fulfil her week? Did he have to live with her a week to consummate the marriage?
Laban/Laban gives Leah/Lĕ'ah to Jacob/Ya'aqob because she is the oldest. Laban/Laban gives Zilpah/Zilpah to Leah/Lĕ'ah as a handmaiden. Laban/Laban tells Jacob/Ya'aqob he can have Rachel/Rahĕl if he will serve him another seven years.
Genesis 29:29
Laban/Laban gives Bilhah/Bilhah to Rachel/Rahĕl as a handmaiden.
Genesis 29:30
Jacob/Ya'aqob loved Rachel/Rahĕl more than Leah/Lĕ'ah.
Genesis 29:31
When YHWH saw that Leah/Lĕ'ah was hated, he opened her womb but Rachel/Rahĕl was barren.
Genesis 29:32-35
Jacob/Ya'aqob descendants
Genesis 29:32
Leah/Lĕ'ah has Reuben/Re'ubĕn the 1st born of Jacob/Ya'aqob
Genesis 29:33
Leah/Lĕ'ah has Simeon/Simon/Shim'on the 2nd born of Jacob/Ya'aqob
Genesis 29:34
Leah/Lĕ'ah has Levi/Lĕwi the 3rd born of Jacob/Ya'aqob
Genesis 29:34
Leah/Lĕ'ah has udah/Yahudah the 4th born of Jacob/Ya'aqob
Genesis Chapter 30
Genesis 30:1-24
Jacob/Ya'aqob descendants
Genesis 30:35-43
Jacob/Ya'aqob divides his goats from Laban's.
Genesis 30, Jacob's Sheep Breeding, and Epigenetics (HTTP://CAMERONVERSLUIS.BLOGSPOT.COM) (2012/1124)
Epigenetics may have many roles (WWW.GENEIMPRINT.COM) (2012/1124)
Genesis Chapter 31
Genesis 31:20
"20And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled."(KJV)
Laban was a Syrian.
Genesis 31:24
"And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad."(KJV)
This verse is evidence that, "God speaks to the unbelieving. This isn't the first time we've seen Yehoveh speaking to pagans, and it won't be the last. Laban was a spiritualist. He accepted many gods. So, it was no big deal for him to accept that Jacob's God was quite real; Jacob's god was just another of a seemingly limitless number of gods. Let us never think that Yehoveh only interacts with, or speaks to, Believers. He will communicate with, and use, whomever He wishes; after all, the Scriptures even tell of a time He spoke through a donkey. At the same time, let us also not think that because God has spoken to someone, that THAT is an indication that person is a Believer. Laban loved to invoke Yehoveh's name when speaking to Jacob, but not because he revered God Almighty or bowed down to Him. He did it in hopes of influencing Jacob, or Yehoveh, for his own selfish purposes."
- Lesson 30 Chapters 31 and 32 (WWW.TORAHCLASS.COM) (2012/1201)
Genesis 31:44
"44Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee."(KJV)
Genesis 31:47
Laban and Jacob make covenant.
"47And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed."(KJV)
Laban and Jacob made covenant at a place Laban called Jegarsahadutha but Jacob called the place Galeed.
Laban gave the place an Aramaic name and Jacob gave it a Hebrew name.
3026 - Ygar Sahaduwtha' - (Aramaic) from a word derived from an unused root (meaning to gather) and a derivation of a root corresponding to 'sahed' (7717); heap of the testimony; Jegar-Sahadutha, a cairn East of the Jordan:--Jegar-Sahadutha.
1567 - Gal`ed - from 'gal' (1530) and '`ed' (5707); heap of testimony; Galed, a memorial cairn East of the Jordan:--Galeed.
Genesis Chapter 32
Genesis 32:24
"And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day."(KJV)
"And Ya'aqobb was left alone. And a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Was this YAHUSHUA?
Genesis 32:24-30
Jacob/Ya'aqob wrestles with an angel
Jacob/Ya'aqob is renamed to Yisra'ĕl
Genesis 32:28
'28And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.'(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob is renamed to Yisra'ĕl
Genesis 32:29
'29And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.'(KJV)
Why didn't he give his name?
Genesis 32:32
'32Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.'(KJV)
The reason why Jews do not eat thigh meat. The children of Israel/Yisra'ĕl will turn anything into a tradition.
Genesis Chapter 33
Genesis 33
Jacob/Ya'aqob meets Esau/Ĕsaw after leaving Laban's/Laban's.
Genesis 33:4
4"And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept."(KJV)
I have heard teachings that Esau tried to bite Jacob at this point. I do not believe this is true. I think this is an attempt on the part of religious teaching to 'demonize' Esau. I offer Genesis 45:14 in support of my position. It is written that Joseph fell on Benjamin's neck and wept and I do not think anyone teaches that Joseph was trying to bite Benjamin.
Genesis 33:17
17And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.(KJV)
Interesting that the house was for himself and the booths were for his cattle.
Succoth/Sukkoth - booths
Is this a shadow picture of the feast of Sukkoth? Are we YAHUSHUA's cattle?
Genesis 33:18
"And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city."(KJV)
"And Ya'aqob came safely to the city of Skekem, which is in the land of Kena'an, when he came from Paddan Aram. And he pitched his tent before the city." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis Chapter 34
Genesis 34:2
Genesis 34:25
Genesis Chapter 35
Genesis 35:2
"2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments:"(KJV)
Genesis 35:8
8But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.(KJV)
Genesis 35:11
"11And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins;"(KJV)
Genesis 35:18-19
"18And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin."(KJV)
Genesis 35:23-26
Genesis 35:28-29
"28And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years."(KJV)
Genesis Chapter 36
Genesis 36:2
Esau/Ĕsaw takes Canaanite women as wives.
Genesis Chapter 37
Genesis Chapter 37
Joseph sold to merchants
Genesis 37:5-11
Joseph/Yosĕph has two prophetic dreams.
Genesis 37:7
7For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph has a prophetic dream.
Genesis 37:9
9And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph has another prophetic dream.
Genesis 37:10
10And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?(KJV)
Why did Jacob/Ya'aqob/Israel/Yisr'ĕl mention Joseph's/Yosĕph's mother bowing down?
At this point in time, Rachel/Rahĕl is dead!
Genesis 37:11
11And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.(KJV)
This seems to indicate that Joseph's dream had prophetic significance.
Genesis 37:14
14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.(KJV)
Shechem/Shekem is also the place where Joseph will request they bury his bones when he dies.
Genesis 37:15
15And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?(KJV)
Was this 'certain man' an angel?
Genesis 37:18-36
Joseph/Yosĕph brothers sell him into slavery.
Genesis 37:25
25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.(KJV)
The brothers sat down to eat a meal while their brother was in the pit.
Genesis 37:27
27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.(KJV)
Ishmeelits/Yishma'ĕlites - descendants of Ishmael
Genesis 37:28
28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.(KJV)
Joseph's/Yosĕph's brothers sell him into slavery.
Ishmeelits/Yishma'ĕlites - descendants of Ishmael
Genesis Chapter 38
Genesis 38:2-5
Genesis 38:12-26
Genesis 38:26-30
Genesis Chapter 39
Genesis 39:2
Joseph/Yosĕph prospers as a servant in Egypt/Mitsrayim.
Genesis 39:14
14That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice:(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph is framed by his master's wife.
Genesis 39:20
20And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph is falsely sent to prison in Egypt/Mitsrayim.
Genesis 39:21
Joseph/Yosĕph is shown favor in prison.
Genesis Chapter 40
Genesis 40:9-22
Genesis Chapter 41
Genesis 41:2-7
Genesis 41:5
"And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good."(KJV)
'And he slept and dreamed a second time and saw seven heads of grain coming up on one stalk, plump and good.' (The ISR Scriptures)
Genesis 41:9-13
Genesis 41:17-32
Genesis 41:35
"And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities."(KJV)
"And let them gather all the food of those good years that coming and store up grain under the hand of Pharoah and let them keep food in the cities"
Genesis 41:39-44
Genesis 41:45
Genesis 41:47-49
Genesis 41:49
"And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number."(KJV)
"Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he ceased counting, for it was without number."
Genesis 41:47-50
Joseph/Yosĕph has two sons by Asenath/Asenath before the famine hits Egypt.
Genesis 41:51-52
Joseph/Yosĕph names his two sons Manasseh/Menashsheh and Ephraim/Ephrayim.
Genesis 41:57
"And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands."(KJV)
"And all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth."
Genesis Chapter 42
Genesis 42:1
"Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?"(KJV)
"And when Jacob/Ya'aqob saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Jacob/Ya'aqob said to his sons, "Why do you look at each other?"" (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:2
"And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die."(KJV)
"And he said, "See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim, Go down to that place and buy for us there and let us live and not die."" (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:3
"And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt."(KJV)
"And Joseph's/Yosĕph's ten brothers went downto buy grain in Mitsrayim." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:5
"And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan."(KJV)
"And the sons of Israel/Yisr'ĕl went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the scarcity of food was in the land of Canaan/Kena'an." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:19
"If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:"(KJV)
"If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of food of your houses." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:25
"Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them."(KJV)
"And Joseph/Yosĕph commanded and they filled their sacks with grain, also to put back every man's silver to his sack and to give them food for the journey. And thus it was done for them." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis 42:26
"And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence."(KJV)
"So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and went from there." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis Chapter 43
Genesis 43:2
"And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food."(KJV)
"And it came to be, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Mitsrayim, that their father said to them,"Go back, buy us a little food."" (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis Chapter 44
Genesis 44:2
"And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken."(KJV)
""And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest and the silver for his grain." And he did according to the word of Joseph/Yosĕph which he spoke." (The Besorah of Yahusha)
Genesis Chapter 45
Genesis 45:1-4
Genesis 45:5
5Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.(KJV)
Genesis 45:7
"And Elohim sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth and to give life to you by a great escape."(KJV)
Genesis 45:9
Genesis 45:10
Genesis 45:22
22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.(KJV)
Genesis 45:24
Genesis Chapter 46
Genesis 46:2-4
YHWH speaks to Jacob/Ya'aqob (Israel/Yisr'ĕl) at Beersheba/Be'ĕrsheba and tells him not to be afraid to go Egypt.
Genesis 46:2
"2And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I."(KJV)
If YHWH was the one who renamed Jacob/Ya'aqob to Israel/Yisr'ĕl (Genesis 32:28), why does YHWH keep calling him Jacob/Ya'aqob?
Genesis 46:8
The names of the children of Israel/Yisr'ĕl are detailed.
Is their a difference between the 'children of Israel' and Jocob and his sons?
Genesis 46:9
The names of the children of Reuben/Re'ubĕn are detailed.
Genesis 46:10
The names of the children of Simeon/Shim'on are detailed.
Genesis 46:11
The names of the children of Levi/Lĕwi are detailed.
Genesis 46:12
The names of the children of Judah/Yahudah are detailed.
Genesis 46:13
The names of the children of Issachar/Yissaskar are detailed.
Genesis 46:14
The names of the children of Zebulun/Zebulun are detailed.
Genesis 46:16
The names of the children of Gad/Gad are detailed.
Genesis 46:17
The names of the children of Asher/Ashĕr are detailed.
Genesis 46:18
The names of the children of Zilpah/Zilpah are detailed.
Genesis 46:20
The names of the children of Joseph/Yosĕph are detailed.
Genesis 46:21
The names of the children of Benjamin/Binyamin are detailed.
Genesis 46:23
The names of the children of Dan/Dan are detailed.
Genesis 46:24
The names of the children of Naphtali/Naphtali are detailed.
Genesis 46:26
"26All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;"(KJV)
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Genesis 46:27
"27And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten."(KJV)
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Genesis 46:29
Joseph/Yosĕph is reunited with his father Jacob/Ya'aqob (Israel/Yisr'ĕl).
Genesis Chapter 47
Genesis Chapter 47
Joseph and the famine
Genesis 47:3
3And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.(KJV)
Why did his brothers say they were shepherds when Joseph/Yosĕph had specifically told them (Genesis 46:33-34) to say they were men of livestock?
Genesis 47:4
4They said morever unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.(KJV)
The has been famine in the land for two (2) years at this point. (Genesis 45:6)
Genesis 47:7
Jacob/Ya'aqob (Israel/Yisr'ĕl) blesses pharoah.
Genesis 47:9
9And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob was 130 years old when he met this Pharoah.
Genesis 47:11
Joseph/Yosĕph gives his father and brothers possession of land in the best in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 47:14
14And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.(KJV)
In the 3rd year of the famine, Joseph/Yosĕph gathers all the money from the land of Egypt and Canaan and brings it into Pharoah's house.
This most likely happened in the 3rd year of the famine.
All the money was brought into the Pharoah's house.
This is a shadow picture of today. The 'stimulus package' was given to the banks and businesses.
Genesis 47:15
15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.(KJV)
The money failed in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 47:17
17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.(KJV)
In the 4th year of the famine, Joseph/Yosĕph gives the people bread in exchange for all their livestock.
This probably happened in the 3rd year of the famine.
All the livestock was brought into the Pharoah's house in exchange for one (1) years food.
This is a shadow picture of today.
Genesis 47:18
18When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:(KJV)
This probably happened in the beginning of the 4th year of the famine.
Genesis 47:20
20And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.(KJV)
In the 4th year of the famine, Joseph/Yosĕph gives the people food and seed in exchange for all their land.
Since Joseph/Yosĕph had all the money, he bought up all the land.
This seems like a shadow picture of today.
Genesis 47:21
21And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof.(KJV)
All the people were moved into the cites.
This is a shadow picture of today.
Genesis 47:24
24And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph establishes a 20% tax on the people.
The people were taxed 20 percent.
This is a shadow picture of today.
Genesis 47:27
27And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly.(KJV)
This verse uses other Joseph's/Yosĕph's name Israel/Yisra'ĕl.
Genesis 47:28
28And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years.(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob (Israel/Yisr'ĕl) lived in Egypt 17 years and died at the age of 147.
Genesis 47:29-31
Jacob/Ya'aqob (Israel/Yisr'ĕl) makes Joseph/Yosĕph swear not to bury him in Egypt but to bury him with his fathers.
Genesis Chapter 48
Genesis 48
Jacob blesses Joseph's sons
Genesis 48:4
"4And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession."(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob is on his death bed and recalling to Joseph/Yosĕph, the promise YHWH made with his father Abraham/Abrahim, Joseph/Yosĕph's grandfather.
Genesis 48:5
"5And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine."(KJV)
By doing this, Jacob/Ya'aqob is saying that Joseph's two sons are equal to Jacob/Ya'aqob's first and second born sons.
Genesis 48:8-22
Isaac/Yitshaq gives the double portion blessing to Ephraim/Ephrayim.
Genesis 48:14
"14And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn."(KJV)
Israel/Yisra'ĕl knowingly gave the greater blessing to Ephraim/Ephrayim.
Genesis 48:16
"16The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth."(KJV)
This blessing transferred the Abrahimic/Abrahimic covenant and promises.
...let them increase as fish in the earth. The blessing was to multiply like fish.
Genesis 48:19
"19And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations."(KJV)
"But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He also becomes a people, and he also is great. And yet, his younger brother is greater than he, and his seed is to become the completeness of the nations."" (The ISR Scriptures)
"And his abba refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: 185 he also shall become a people, 186 and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than him, and his zera shall become the fullness of the gentile nations - melo ha-goyim. 187" (The Restoration Scriptures)
185 Jacob knew what he was doing in the Spirit. Do you?
186 Could this be a specific nation?
187 Melo ha-goyim, or the “fullness of the gentiles.” Efrayim's seed later collected in the ten tribes of the northern kingdom would produce the “fullness of the gentiles.” This is a marvelous revelation that most so-called gentiles are in fact Yisrael's physical children. Of course, they still need blood-atonement-salvation to become true redeemed remnant Yisrael. Paul confirms this clear understanding in Romans 11:25-26, when he speaks of the “fullness of the gentiles” as those who will come in as believing returning Yisrael in the last of the last days.
"And his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall be a people, and he shall become great. But his younger brother shall become greater than he, and his seed shall become the fullness of the nations." (Hebrew Roots Bible)
Ephraim/Ephrayim was elevated above Manasseh/Menashsheh. Israel/Yisra'ĕl prophesied that Ephraim/Ephrayim's seed would become a multitude of nations.
Genesis 48:20
"20And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh."(KJV)
Ephraim/Ephrayim was elevated above Manasseh/Menashsheh.
Genesis 48:22
"22Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow."(KJV)
Joseph/Yosĕph was given the double portion inheritance above what his eleven (11) brothers received.
Genesis Chapter 49
Genesis 49:1-27
Jacob/Ya'aqob makes an end times prophecy to his 12 sons, the 12 tribes. Interesting to note that it doesn't look good for most of the tribes of Israel. Joseph is most definitely the one who will receive the greatest blessing.
- Reuben - 'Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed'
- Simeon - 'Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.'
- Levi - 'Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.'
- Judah - 'His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk.'
- Zebulun - 'Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.'
- Issachar - 'a strong ass couching down between two burdens: And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.'
- Dan - 'Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.'
- Gad - 'Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.'
- Asher - 'Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.'
- Naphtali - 'Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.'
- Joseph - 'Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren.'
- Benjamin - 'Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.'
Genesis 49:1
"1And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days."(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob prophesies to his sons on his death bed.
Genesis 49:4
"4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch."(KJV)
Reuben/Re'ubĕn laid with Bilhah.
Genesis 49:6
"6O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall."(KJV)
Simeon/Shim'on and Levi/Lĕwi killed Hamor/Hamor and Shechem/Shekem for raping their sister Dinah.
Genesis 49:13
13Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon.(KJV)
This prophecy is fulfilled in Joshua 19:10-11. Interesting to note that the last seven tribes received their inheritance by Joshua casting lots in Joshua 18:10. The allocation was by lot yet Zebulun still wound up inheriting 'land by the sea'.
Genesis 49:33
"33And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people."(KJV)
Jacob/Ya'aqob dies.
What a nice way to go.
Is the phrase, 'gathered unto his people' just a literary expression or an actual event?
Genesis Chapter 50
Genesis 50:3
3And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days.I wonder if the Egypptians were the ones that started the process of embalming.
The Egyptians mourned for Joseph for 70 days.
GENERAL NOTES ON THE BOOK OF GENESIS:
The first book of the Scriptures and the Torah
REFERENCE LINKS ON THE BOOK OF GENESIS:
- Hayah - Existence
- Bereshit, the Beginning The Most Mysterious of Times by Rabbi Ariel Bar Tzadok (PDF file)
- Midrash BayitHhaSham: SepherMaoshahBeRashshith (PDF file)
GIANTS:
- Giants in the Earth Part III: Giants of Asia (WWW.MYSTERIOUSWORLD.COM) (12/07/11)