Parsha Noah – Noah
B’reshit 6:9-11:32,
YeshaYahu 54:1-55:5, 1st Kefa 3:18-22
The parsha Noah
is one of the most important in the Torah Study at the end of the parsha you will find the table of the
nations descendants of the three sons from Noah. If we can enter the Sod (secret, mystery) of this Torah
portion, we will be able to overcome many doctrines of men. I will try to
demonstrate that יהוה did everything in a way that all saints (Qadoshin) may be able to see that there
is none like our Elohim, יהוה Zebaoth.
As I began to study this Parsha years ago, many things were concealed and I had difficulty
to see behind the letter. I have read from our brethren from different
assemblies, from Messianic teachers, from some of Yehuda coming back to the faith through יהושע Messiah. Some good teaching
who inspired me to search. As we go through the Parsha, I will give some name to give the honour to those who have
helped me to enlarge my understanding.....................First of all I give
glory and glory to יהוה Elohim who give to those who seek him.
Pro 1:1 The proverbs of Shelomoh son of Dawiḏ,
sovereign of Yisra’ĕl: Pro 1:2
for knowing wisdom and discipline, for understanding
(separate mentally) the words of understanding (binah),Pro 1:3 for receiving the discipline of wisdom,
Righteousness, right-ruling, and straightness; Pro 1:4 for giving
insight to the simple (silly), Knowledge and discretion to the young. Pro 1:5 the wise one hears and increases learning, and the
understanding one gets wise counsel, Pro 1:6 for
understanding a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles (puzzle, dark saying)). Pro 1:7 the fear of יהוה is the beginning of knowledge1; Fools despise wisdom (chochmah) and discipline.......
Sh’lomo
wrote the book of Proverbs for wisdom
and discipline (warning, instruction),
for understanding, to give insight
to the simple.
The Torah is a tree of life!......
As we are going to read, I will back this midrash
with:
The Torah
and the scriptures The book
of Yasher for it is written:
Jos 10:13
So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, till the nation avenged itself
upon their enemies. Is this not written
in the Book of Yasher? Thus the sun stopped in the midst of the heavens,
and did not hasten to go down for an entire day.
2Sa 1:18
and he ordered “The Bow” to be taught to the children of Yehuḏah. See, it is written in the Book of Yasher:
We see that this foundation can help us in
understanding as it was for our forefathers.
I am going to make parallel between both writings the Torah and the book of Yasher and expound it with
the scriptures. Yasher is not the name of the writer of the book, but means: The Just. The Parsha Noah is enlightening to understand our days, the time we are
living now for Sh’lomo tells us that there is nothing new under heaven (Ecc.
1:9).
Ecc 1:9 The thing that hath been, it is that which
shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
..........
I have said many times that in order to understand we
should apply certain rules of interpretation i.e. the “Pardes” or four levels
of interpretation as I have explain in the parsha
b’reshit. Further we should consider what our Master יהושע, the Shaliach
(apostles) Sha'ul/Paul, Yochanan/John, Kefa/Jean, Ya’acov/James teach, in their
midrash as I have say many time that
to understand the spiritual, it is necessary to learn TORAH.
Sha'ul make it clear:
Sha'ul make it clear:
1Co 15:45
and so it has been written, “The first man Aḏam became a living being,” the
last Aḏam a life-giving Spirit. 1Co
15:46 the spiritual however was not first,
but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 1Co 15:47
the first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Master from
heaven. 1Co 15:48 as is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy;
and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. ....
So, יהושע spoke also to Nicodemus :
Joh 3:12
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of
heavenly things?
What does Sha'ul tells us verse 46? The spiritual was
not first, but the natural. Verse 47 he goes on saying the “first man” or first
Adam was of the earth, the second Adam is the Master or Adon from heaven. Verse 45 Sha’ul
told us that the second one was the LAST Adam, meaning after him there will be
no other. Mankind renewed or regenerated in Messiah יהושע.. In other words, those living before יהושע were after the first Adam as it is written:
Gen 5:3 and Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
Here we have a signal that man original state was
changed due to Adam’s sin. We compare with Adam’s original state:
Gen 1:27 so Elohim
created man in his own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and female created he
them............
Same with Chawah’s
/Eve condition who came from Adam’s rib:
Gen 2:22 and the rib, which YHWH Elohim had taken from man,
made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.............................
From Seth on, all generation will be in the image of Adam this doesn’t mean
as Roman Catholic teach that we have sin in our DNA, sin is rebellion against
the Torah and we can overcome it by submitting our will to יהוה following our Master יהושע.
4:7 If 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. Eccl 8:12-13; Gen 3:16;
This is call “Free
will”. Sha’ul saw that man’s
condition changed with Adam and that now with Messiah man had the possibility
to reverse the condition. With that in mind we can read again the same verses:
1Co 15:45
and so it has been written, “The first man Aḏam became a living being,” the
last Aḏam a life-giving Spirit. 1Co 15:46
the spiritual, however, was not first,
but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.
1Co 15:47
the first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Master from
heaven.
1Co 15:48
as is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so
also are those who are heavenly. ................
During four thousand years, man’s condition will be
after the flesh earthy with the
coming of the last Adam, man’s
condition can change for those who are heavenly!
During these four thousand years יהוה will found people who will be example how
to follow after the Ruach (Spirit) whereby
the Ruach didn’t dwell in them but
came upon them..... Have you seen that Sha’ul says the last Adam meaning before
him there was another Adam but also that after him no
other should come?.................
Strong gives us following description for last:
G2078 ἔσχατος eschatos es'-khat-os
A superlative probably from G2192 (in the sense of contiguity); farthest, final (of place or time):
- ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost..................
There
can’t be any misunderstanding has the nature of יהושע if we
understand what Sha’ul says, we will also understand when יהושע says:
Joh 3:13
and no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which was in heaven.
Joh 8:14 Yehoshua answered and said unto them, Though
I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came,
and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
Joh 16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave
the world, and go to the Father. Joh 17:8
for I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have
received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
In all these verses the same Greek word is used:
Strong’s #G1831 ἐξέρχομαι exerchomai ex-er'-khom-ahee
From G1537
and G2064;
to issue (literally or figuratively): - come-(forth, out), depart (out of), escape, get out, go (abroad, away,
forth, out, thence), proceed
(forth), spread abroad...........
Yochanan
explaining the nature of יהושע was saying that he came , was issued, came
out, proceed from the Word, the Logos of Elohim, meaning from his mind, is
innermost thought and creation from the beginning (b’reshit):
Joh 1:1
In the beginning was the Word (Logos, thoughts), and the Word was with YHWH, and the
Word (logos, thoughts) was YHWH.
Psa 33:6
By the word of יהוה were the
heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath (ruach) of his mouth. ……..
יהוה was
restoring Adam’s nature in Messiah יהושע the last
Adam. יהושע fleshly nature was the same like
ours, therefore he had to die also in order to fulfil all what was written in
the Torah. Sorry for those who think that יהושע was
different and was “G-d the Creator in the
flesh”. That Thomas says to him “my
Master and my Elohim” (Yochan.20:28) doesn’t make יהושע to be the creator of the universe. יהושע was the reason of creation, the perfect man undefiled and without sin as
Adam was before sin in Gan Eden, and incarnate
יהוה perfect will for mankind (Adam).
What can we understand here? When does the last Adam,
Messiah יהושע came,
was it not in the year 4000? Yes it was, and those born before him came from
the first Adam up to the year 4000.
What does this mean? Sha'ul says they were earthy
verses,47-48. Those who came after, and who have the nature of Messiah are like
the Last Adam, spiritually.
Rom 8:29 for whom he did foreknow (you and me), he also did predestinate to be conformed
to the image of his Son, that he
might be the firstborn among many
brethren.
Col 3:10 and have put on the new man (Adam), which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of
him(YHWH) that created him (the last Adam):
1Co 15:49 and as we
have borne the image of the earthy (first Adam), we shall also bear the image of the heavenly (last Adam). ..........
Are you the brother/sister of “G-d”, because he is the
firstborn among many brethren (verse 29)?
What can we conclude? When we
read the TORAH, in the P’shat level
(litteral), we see the action of our forefathers, but much more they reflect our carnal nature. Every
time we read the TORAH we learn about
our carnal inclination. When we dig a bit deeper in the Remez (hint), we see that the carnal
man’s deliverance is in יהושע HaMoschiach
and if we go more deeper the Torah teaches us something and then, we see the
secret of what יהוה Elohim has given us in Messiah יהושע.
In order to avoid any man’s doctrine, יהוה has put the fullness of revelation in the SOD (mystery, secret) level of the Pardes interpretation......................
In order to avoid any man’s doctrine, יהוה has put the fullness of revelation in the SOD (mystery, secret) level of the Pardes interpretation......................
Psa 25:14 The secret
(sod) of יהוה is with those who fear Him, And He makes His covenant known
to them…………………
The Hebrew word for “secret “is: Strong’s # H5475 “sod”
סוד sôd sode written: samek, vav, dalet........
From H3245; a session,
that is, company of persons (in close deliberation); by implication intimacy,
consultation, a secret: - assembly,
counsel, inward, secret (counsel).......
With this in mind we are going back to the Parsha Noah and see what beautiful
things יהוה has hidden in His Torah. Today the world begin to shake, people are
under tremendous pressure. Man‘s system is uncovered and appears as foolishness.
The bank system collapses the capitalism shows itself to be an evil plan to
give favour to the rich from the world and oppress the poor. All these are
warning from יהוה to mankind, to turn back to
the right way, but man seek for the “super man “to deliver them from material
problem. They don’t understand that in order to solve material problem we have
need to solve first spiritual problem first to lay down the carnal nature
imperfection and this can only be done in Messiah יהושע..... .....
1Co 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scholar? Where is the
debater of this age? Has
not Elohim made foolish the wisdom of this world?....1Co 2:6
Yet we
speak wisdom among those who are perfect, and not the wisdom of this age, nor of the
rulers of this age that are being brought to naught. 1Co 2:7 But we
speak the wisdom of Elohim, which was hidden in a secret (sod), and which
Elohim ordained (prepared) before the ages for our esteem, 1Co 2:10 But Elohim has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all matters, even the depths of Elohim.
…………..1Co
2:12 And we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
Spirit that is from Elohim,
in order to know what Elohim has favourably given us, 1Co 2:13 which we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom
teaches but which the Set-apart Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual matters with spiritual matters. 1Co 2:14 But the
natural man does not receive the matters
of the Spirit of Elohim, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable
to know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 1Co 2:15
but he who is
spiritual discerns indeed all matters, but he himself is discerned by no one. ....... “Those
who are perfect” (verse 26)
Perfect: Strong’s # G5046 Τέλειος teleios tel'-i-os.....
From G5056;
complete (in various applications of labour, growth, mental and moral character, etc.); neuter (as noun, with G3588) completeness:
- of full
age, man,
perfect............
Praises
to יהוה for what He has done for us
in יהושע Messiah!
The natural man (worldly, religious people or pagans,) know nothing because they are spiritually discerned. You brethren who are spiritual will
understand because you are spiritual. Noah
was the last of a righteous generation and is a picture of those who came after
him through Shem but also Yepeth (Japeth) as we are going to see.
Gen 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noaḥ. Noaḥ was a righteous man, perfect
in his generations. Noaḥ walked with
Elohim.
Noah came from a righteous
generation. I have read that the rabbis teach that if Noah had lived in another generation today, he wouldn’t have been
counted righteous. I don’t agree with that as the Torah teaches us that he was
righteous and blameless, are you like Noah
righteous in your generation?.................
Methuselah acted uprightly in the sight of Elohim, as his father Enoch had taught
him, and
he likewise
during the whole of his life taught
the sons of men wisdom, knowledge and the fear of Elohim,
and he did not turn from the good way
either to the right or to the left.(Yasher 4 :3)
14. And Methuselah called his name Noah, saying,
The earth was in his days at rest and free from corruption, and Lamech his father called his name Menachem, saying, This one shall comfort us
in our works and miserable toil in the earth, which God had cursed. 15. And the child grew up and was weaned, and he (Noah)
went in the ways of his father Methuselah, perfect and upright with God. 16. And all the sons of men departed from
the ways of YHWH in those days (Yahser 4:14-15). .................
Noah/Menachem was taught in the way of his father perfect
and upright before Elohim.
How does Elohim
sees righteousness?
Isa 51:7 Hearken unto me, ye that know
righteousness, the people in whose
heart is my Torah; fear ye not the
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
We
are going to see that from Adam, through Seth
who replaces Hebel (Abel) who was killed by Caïn there was a generation
following after the Torah. Does it mean
that Noah was without sin? I came to this question because I read from Jamieson, Fausset and Brown
commentary: -- Noah ... just ... and perfect — not absolutely; for since the fall of Adam no man has been free from sin except Yeshua Messiah. But as living by faith he was just (Gal_3:2; Heb_11:7)
and perfect - that is, sincere in his desire to do God’s will.
As
we read from Yochanan parents:
Luk 1:6 and they were both righteous before
YHWH, walking in all the
commandments and ordinances of YHWH blameless........Humm!
What
does the scriptures says: righteous and
blameless........................
Blameless:
Strong’s # G273
ἄμεμπτος amemptos am'-emp-tos From G1 (as a negative particle) and a derivative of G3201; irreproachable: - blameless, faultless, unblamable. Righteous: Strong’s # G1342
Δίκαιος dikaios dik'-ah-yos From G1349; equitable (in character or act); by implication innocent,
holy/Qadosh (absolutely or relatively): - just,
meet, right (-eous)............Could it be that righteousness was in the
Torah?
Mat 19:16 and, behold, one came and said unto him,
Good Rabbi, what good thing shall I
do, that I may have eternal life? Mat 19:17 and he said unto him, Why callest thou me
good? There is none good but one, that is, Elohim: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments (Torah).
Was יהושע mistaking
by saying that in order to enter eternal life man should keep the commandments?
In both cases, Yochanan’s parents and the one who came
to יהושע there is not say that they never sin, we read that there were
righteous and blameless and kept the
commandments. We shouldn’t read what is not written. Noah
was perfect doesn’t mean that he was
without sin (transgression of the Torah) but that he gave himself to the best
to follow the Torah. David was counted
as to be the one after Elohim’s heart
but the same David write:
Psa 51:5 behold, I was shapen in
iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
What does יהוה says
concerning David?
1Sa 13:14 but now thy kingdom (Saul) shall not
continue: YHWH hath sought him a
man after his own heart, and YHWH
hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept
that which YHWH commanded thee.....
1Ki 14:8 and rent the kingdom away from the house of
David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who
followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes;
1Ki 15:5 because David did that which was right in the eyes of YHWH, and turned not aside from any thing that
he commanded him all the days of his
life, save only in the matter
of Uriah the Hittite.........
We see David in spite of his sin in the case of Bathsheba and Uriah her husband was considered by Elohim to be a man after יהוה own heart! How can it be? Simply in the fact that David
repented! So we see that we don’t seek our own
righteousness but the righteousness which is in Messiah יהושע we were sinner before, but
now through Messiah יהושע have been
made righteous before Elohim. Before יהושע came, righteousness was measured according
to the Torah! Once again this doesn’t mean without
sin. Sin is the condition of man before יהושע the
period from Adam, the First man to יהושע the last Adam (mankind).
Strong gives us following
definition for "sin": חַטָּאתּ
chatta'ah (khat-taw-aw') (or chattacth
{khat-tawth'}) n-f.
1. an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty,
occasion, sacrifice, or expiation
2. (concretely) an offender
from H2398 חָטָא
chata' (khaw-taw') v.
1. (properly) to miss
2. (hence, figuratively and
generally) to sin
3. (by inference) to forfeit,
lack, expiate, repent
4. (causatively) to lead
astray, condemn
[a primitive root]
To miss the mark! Every time we don't follow what the Torah tells us to
do, we "miss the mark" and thus sin. We need to return to the path of
life and forsake the wrong way.
Jeff Benner give us following definition:
Sling (קלע qela, Strong's #7050): The sling was a common weapon carried by shepherds to defend the flock however, modern visions of a sling is very different from these original weapons. The stones were generally 2 to 3 inches in diameter and carefully chipped into a perfect sphere. It was not slung in circles above the head but, slung in one arc in the same manner as a softball is pitched and can be thrown with some very surprising force, accuracy and distance. It is a deadly weapon and was used by most all ancient armies of the Ancient Near East.
Sling (קלע qela, Strong's #7050): The sling was a common weapon carried by shepherds to defend the flock however, modern visions of a sling is very different from these original weapons. The stones were generally 2 to 3 inches in diameter and carefully chipped into a perfect sphere. It was not slung in circles above the head but, slung in one arc in the same manner as a softball is pitched and can be thrown with some very surprising force, accuracy and distance. It is a deadly weapon and was used by most all ancient armies of the Ancient Near East.
1Co 1:30 but of him (Yehowah) are ye in the Messiah Yehoshua, who of YHWH is made unto
us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: ---- Righteousness: Strong’s # G1343 Δικαιοσύνη dikaiosunē dik-ah-yos-oo'-nay.......From
G1342; equity
(of character or act); specifically justification: - righteousness.
G1342 dikaios dik'-ah-yos .....From G1349; equitable (in character or act);
by implication innocent, holy/qadosh (absolutely or relatively): - just, meet, right (-eous).
This
is the same word used in Luke chapter 1:6, no more by work but through faith,
can you see that?
Gen 5:3 and Aḏam lived one hundred and thirty years, and brought forth a son in his own likeness, after his
image, and called his
name Shĕth.
If we follow the generation from Sheth to Noah we will
see that they followed the way taught to them by the Torah.
Gen 6:10
And Noaḥ brought forth three sons: Shĕm, Ḥam, and Yepheth. (see at the End the Table of Nation from
ISBE and descendants of Shem Japheth and Ham and the Chart concerning Noah’s
descendants)...................
The book of Yasher makes a difference in the genealogy
of Noah’s children:
------ 16.Noah was four hundred and ninety-eight
years old, when he took Naamah for a
wife.17. and
Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth,
saying, Elohim has enlarged me in the earth; and she conceived again and bare a
son, and he called his name Shem, saying, Elohim has made me a remnant, to raise up seed in the midst of the earth. 18. and Noah was
five hundred and two years old when Naamah bare Shem, and the boys grew up and went in the ways of YHWH, in all that
Methuselah and Noah their father taught them. 19. and Lamech the father of Noah, died ……….
Once again we see that the descendants from Sheth were instructed in the Torah. Noah
didn’t found out his own way. He was instructed in his family:
Deu 6:6
“And these Words which I am commanding you today shall be in your heart, Deu 6:7 and you
shall impress them upon your children, and shall speak of them when you sit in your house,(not only during
Shabbat) and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise
up,
Joh
14:15 “If you
love Me (Yehoshua), you shall guard My commands.
Pro 22:6 Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Gen 6:11 and the
earth was corrupt before Elohim,
and the earth was filled with violence.
Gen 6:12
and Elohim looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt – for all flesh
had corrupted their way on the earth – ..................
Let’s see what Yasher tells us concerning the life’s
condition:
Enoch
the son of Seth died, he was nine hundred and five
years old at his death. And in the one
hundred and seventy ninth year of the life of Noah, Cainan the son of Enosh died, And in the two hundred and thirty
fourth year of the life of Noah, Mahlallel
the son of Cainan died, and the days of Mahlallel were eight hundred and
ninety-five years, and he died. 4. and
Jared the son of Mahlallel died in
those days, in the three hundred and thirty-sixth year of the life of Noah; and
all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two
years, and he died. 5. and all who followed יהוה died in
those days,
before they saw the evil which Elohim declared to do upon earth. In the four
hundred and eightieth year of the life of Noah, when all those men, who followed יהוה had
died away from amongst the
sons of men, and only Methuselah was
then left, God said unto Noah and Methuselah,saying, 8.for thus saith יהוה, Behold I give you a period of one hundred and twenty
years; if you will
turn to me and forsake your evil ways, then
will I also turn away from the evil
which I told you, and it shall not exist, saith יהוה.
First
we see that there were many generations walking after יהוה (Torah) and that in spite of the evil יהוה was patient with mankind.
Verse 8 we see that יהוה gives a hundred and twenty years time period to mankind to stop sinning. This
is very important to understand, because it has been taught that it took Noah
120 years to build the Ark.
This
is not what the book of Yasher explains as we can read. This 120 years “period”
is also what יהוה will explain Noah later, it is also the number of
Moshe’s life (D’varim 34:7). Many
scholars have taught that Elohim gave a 120 years span life to mankind! Have
you ever met many people who live 120 years? Today in 2010/2011 as it is says,
the oldest man is in Japan and he said to be 113 years old, one among billions
of people! He may be an exception, but read this verse from the psalm 90:
Psa 90:10 The
days of our lives are seventy years; Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet the best of them is but toil and
exertion; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. -----If we look at the
average of man’s life today, we will see that it agrees with this verse in
Psalm 90. Conclusion the 120 years must
have a deeper meaning as the literal shows.
Yasher
34. In his five
hundred and ninety-fifth year Noah commenced to make the ark, and he
made the ark in five years,
as YHWH had commanded (Yasher 4:34)
The Book of Yasher
tells us that Noah built the Ark in five years! ..............
Gen 6:13
and Elohim said to Noaḥ, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the
earth is filled with violence through them. And see, I am going to destroy them
from the earth.
Yasher
5:23 Noah and Methuselah stood forth, and said in the ears of the sons of men,
all that ELohim had spoken concerning them.
24. but the sons of men would not
hearken, neither would they incline their ears to all their declarations. 25. and it was after this that YHWH said to
Noah, The end of all flesh is come before
me, on account of their evil deeds,
and behold I will destroy the earth.
Now
brethren let us see what is going on today, the time we are living. People have
gone after their own way, some goes after their own religions (Buddhist, Muslim,
Catholics, Christians…..) others goes after their own righteousness (Humanist)
and other look for the pleasures of life (Hedonist).
Only
a remnant follows יהושע: ----- 17.
and Naamah conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Japheth, saying, God has enlarged me in the earth; and she conceived again and
bare a son, and he called his name Shem, saying, Elohim has made me a
remnant, to raise up seed in the
midst of the earth.
I
want you to see the importance of this statement. You are the remnant following
יהושע the
King of righteousness (Hebr.5:6, 10). You
also know Abraham met the King of righteousness called Melchizedek, Malkitsedek in Hebrew, after he returned
to deliver Lot.
Gen 14:18 and Malkitseḏeq
sovereign (King) of Shalĕm brought out bread and wine. Now he was the
priest of the Most High Ěl. Gen 14:19 and he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Aḇram of
the Most High Ěl, Possessor of the heavens and earth. Gen 14:20 “And blessed be the Most High Ěl who has delivered
your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tenth of all.
This Melchizedek was Shem the son of Noah as
we can read:
Yasher 16:11. and Adonizedek king(Malkitsedek in Hebrew) of Jerusalem, the same was Shem,
went out with his men to meet Abram and his people, with bread and wine, and
they remained together in the valley of Melech.
12. and Adonizedek (Malkitsedek) blessed Abram, and Abram gave him a tenth from
all that he had brought from the
spoil of his enemies, for
Adonizedek(Malkitsedek) was a priest before God.
We
have read a tenth of the spoil and not tithe as
many teach falsely. Many scholars have taught errors concerning the statement
found in the book of Hebrew concerning the priesthood of Melchitzedek:
Heb 7:2 to whom
also Aḇraham
gave a tenth part of all, his name
being translated, indeed, first, ‘sovereign of righteousness,’ and then also
sovereign of Shalĕm, that is, ‘sovereign of peace,’ Heb 7:3 without
father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor
end of life, but having been made like the Son of Elohim, remains a priest
for all time.
......Sha’ul is teaching here the difference
between the Levitical priesthood and
the Melchitzedek Priesthood. To
understand, Sha’ul doesn’t say that
the One who is called Melchitzedek
has no father or mother, but that the Levitical
priesthood was descending from Levi one of Ya’acov’s son, and therefore was a
priesthood having father and mother. Not so the Melchitzedek Priesthood which came with Adam who was coming direct
from Elohim’s will and was to be pass from generation to generation. It went lost after the sin of the golden
calf and came back with יהושע. As we are
going to search the Torah through the coming Parasha, we are going to see that many things are not shown in the
Torah in the plain text and that by seeking we can have a better understanding. Today all Qadoshin
(saints) following יהושע do
not walk after the Levitical
priesthood, but after the Melchitzedek priesthood, following the King of
Righteousness.
Gen 6:14 Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt
thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it
within and without with pitch. Gen 6:15 and
this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be
three hundred cubits (around 160meters), the breadth of it fifty cubits (around
28Meters), and the height of it thirty cubits (around 16 meters ). Gen 6:16 a
window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above;
and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second,
and third stories shalt thou make it. Gen 6:17 and,
behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of
waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life,
from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. Gen 6:18 but
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. Gen 6:19
and of
every living thing of all flesh, two of
every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee;
they shall be male and female. Gen 6:20 of
fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing
of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep
them alive. Gen
6:21 and take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and
thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. Gen 6:22 Thus
did Noah; according to all that Elohim commanded him, so did he.
The Parsha Noah is the first deeper
revelation of Moschiach (Messiah) יהושע and his atoning work. Only
in the sod level, the mystical interpretation
is revealed. On the other hand, it teaches us the end of our time today before
the coming of Messiah to establish יהוה’s Kingdom
on earth.
The P’shat (literal) level show us how יהוה saved Noah and his family
from destruction Noah was righteous before Elohim . Gen 6:9
This is the genealogy of Noaḥ. Noaḥ
was a righteous man, perfect in his
generations. Noaḥ walked with Elohim.
The Hebrew word for righteous is Strong’s # H6662 צדּיק tsaddîyq tsad-deek'
written Tzaddi, dalet,yod,Qof (gemetria :204)
From H6663; just: - just, lawful, righteous (man).
H6663:
tsâdaq tsaw-dak' A primitive root; to
be (causatively make)
right
(in a moral or forensic sense): - cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just (-ice,
-ify, -ify self), (be, turn to) righteous (-ness).
יהושע is called
the “righteous One” Yeshayahu 53:11(righteous servant), Yrmeyahu 23:5 (Branch of righteousness), Malachi 4:2 (the sun of righteousness).
Act 7:52 “Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?
And they killed those who before announced the coming of the Righteous One
(יהושע), of whom
you (Yehudin) now have become the betrayers and murderers,
The flood came because of the wickedness and evil way
of men (chap.6:5). Noah found grace verse 8. It is noteworthy to see that the
Hebrew word “chen” from the word “chanan”, means to bend in kindness to an inferior, to show favour, to have mercy. To be saved by
grace is NOT a “new testament” doctrine as pretended by Christians. Sha’ul says “by grace through faith you are saved” Eph.2:8 and also 2nd
Timot.1:9 to see that grace existed with the creation.
nElohim has now reduced the life of man to 120 years
symbolically represented by the life span from Moshe in the book of D’varim
chapter 34. These 120 years do not refer
to the age of man as we can see that the average of man’s life is lesser then
100 years!! The answer is in the Hebrew as the word used for years means also: “revolution of time”. And it is further taught that Messiah will
come on earth after 120 Yovel/Jubilee
from creation. The Yovel occurs every
50 years, so that we can make a simple calculation: 120 x 50 equal 6000 years.
Some scholars count Yovel with 49
years and therefore 49 X 120 equals 5880, but this counting bring a major
problem, because if today we have only 5880 years from creation, then we would
write the year 5880 minus the 2011 years we write today and we have the year 3879 thus telling us that Messiah יהושע didn’t came on the fourth day, the year
4000, and therefore cannot be the
promised Messiah! You see how we should be careful in counting; because it
is confirmed by many document and proof are given that יהושע started his ministry during the fourth day
during his 30th years. More
details are to be fund in my midrash
on “the Shemitta and Yovel years”. Just before the flood, the earth was
corrupted. How is it today?
Rom 1:18
For the wrath of Elohim is revealed from heaven against all wickedness and unrighteousness
of men, who suppress the truth in
unrighteousness, Rom 1:19
because that which is known of Elohim is manifest among them, for Elohim has
manifested it to them. Rom 1:20
For since the creation of the world
His invisible qualities have
been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, both His everlasting power and Mightiness,
for them to be without excuse, Rom 1:21 because, although they knew Elohim, they did not
esteem Him as Elohim, nor gave thanks, but became
vain in their reasonings (imaginations), and their undiscerning heart was darkened. Rom 1:22 Claiming to be
wise, they became fools, Rom 1:23
and changed the esteem of the incorruptible Elohim into the likeness of an
image of corruptible man, and of birds
and of four-footed beasts and of reptiles. Rom 1:24
Therefore Elohim gave them up to uncleanness in the lust of their hearts, to disrespect their bodies among
themselves, Rom
1:25 who
changed the truth of Elohim into the falsehood, and worshipped and served what was created rather than the Creator, who
is blessed forever. Amĕn. Rom 1:26
Because of this Elohim gave them over to degrading
passions. For even their women exchanged natural relations for what is
against nature, Rom 1:27
and likewise, the men also, having left natural relations with woman, burned in
their lust for one another, men with men committing indecency, and receiving
back the reward which was due for their straying. Rom 1:28 And even as they did not think it worth- while to
possess the knowledge of Elohim, Elohim gave them over to a worthless mind, to do
what is improper, Rom 1:29
having been filled with all
unrighteousness, whoring, wickedness, greed, evil; filled with
envy, murder, fighting, deceit,
evil habits; whisperers, Rom 1:30
slanderers, haters of Elohim, insolent,
proud, boasters, devisers of evils, disobedient to parents, Rom 1:31 without
discernment, covenant breakers, unloving, unforgiving, ruthless; Rom 1:32 who, though they know the righteousness of Elohim,
that those who practise such deserve death, not only do the same but also
approve of those who practise them. Rev 13:4 and they worshipped the dragon (HaSatan) who gave
authority to the beast. And they worshipped the beast, saying, “Who is like the
beast? Who is able to fight with him?” Rev 13:5 and he was given a mouth speaking great matters
and blasphemies, and he was given authority to do so forty-two months. Rev 13:6 and he opened his mouth in blasphemies against Elohim, to blaspheme His Name, and His Tent,
and those dwelling in the heaven. Rev 13:14 And he
leads astray those dwelling on the earth because of those signs which he was given to do
before the beast, saying to those dwelling on the earth to make an image to the
beast who was wounded by the sword, yet lived....... Verse 13 Elohim warn Noah that the
end of all flesh is come and that he will destroy men from the earth. We know
through the Torah that the people and every living thing died. The earth was
not destroyed literally.
Read : Pro 16:25 There is a way
that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death .. And
compare with:
Rev 11:18 “And the
nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come, and the time of the dead to be
judged, and to give the reward to Your
servants the prophets and to the
set-apart ones, and to those who
fear Your Name, small and great, and to
destroy those who destroy the earth.”
Elohim will punish man again
Isa 13:11
“And I shall punish the world for its
evil, and the wrong for their crookedness, and shall put an end to the arrogance of the proud, and lay low the pride of
the ruthless.
14:
Make thee and ark of gopher wood and pitch it within and without with pitch
(tar).
While gopher wood sees to refers to cypress, a long
Mediterranean tree. To pitch is the Hebrew word “Kaphar” meaning to cover, to
expiate same word used in Vayiqrah 16:16 for “atonement”
Lev 16:16 “And he shall make atonement (kaphar) for the Set-apart Place, because of the
uncleanness of the children of Yisra’ĕl, and because of their transgressions in
all their sins. And so he does for the Tent of Meeting which is dwelling with
them in the midst of their uncleanness.
Exo 21:30 “If a sin-covering is laid upon him, then he shall
give the ransom (Kaphar) of his
life, whatever is laid on him.
Yeshayahu
43:11“For I am
יהוה your Elohim,
the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl, your Saviour; I gave Mitsrayim for your ransom (kaphar), Kush and Seḇa in your
place.
We know also that we have an ark in the tent of
meeting within the tabernacle. The Hebrew word here means: “a box”, simply a
box where Noah and his family will
take place. The wood will be pitched
or covered within and without.
We can imagine that without protection the wood would not resist very long in the water. It needs protection.
We can imagine that without protection the wood would not resist very long in the water. It needs protection.
The
spiritual explanation is as follow:
The ark represents Messiah יהושע, the material is wood and represent the
frail man’s nature which will decease. The water represents the Torah and the
pitching the anointing covering from יהושע’s blood. If
you are in the “Ark” (Messiah), you are secured, the water, a picture of the
Torah will lead you to a safe place which is the promised Kingdom, if you are
outside the ark the same water (Torah) will destroyed you (judgment).
Verses
17-18 Elohim
tells Noah, he will destroy all flesh,
but he will make a covenant with him and his family.
Read : --- Isa 26:20
Go, my people, enter your rooms, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourself,
as it were, for a little while, until the displeasure is past. Isa 26:21 For look, יהוה is coming out of His place to
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their crookedness. And the earth
shall disclose her blood, and no longer cover her slain.
Elohim
will again pour out His wrath upon the earth before the coming of Messiah יהושע. 19-22
Elohim instruct Noah what to do and Noah obeyed. Noah in Hebrew means:”rest”
Gen 7:1 and יהוה said to Noaḥ, “Come into the ark, you and all your household,
because I have seen that you are
righteous before Me in this generation. Gen 7:2 “Of all the clean beasts take with you seven pairs, a male and his female; and
of the beasts that are unclean two,
a male and his female; Gen 7:3 and of birds of
the heavens seven pairs, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face
of all the earth. Gen 7:4 “For after seven
more days I am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights, and shall wipe from the face of the earth all
that stand that I created.” Gen 7:5 And Noaḥ did
according to all that יהוה commanded him. Gen 7:6 Now Noaḥ was six
hundred years old when the flood-waters were on the earth. Gen 7:7 and Noaḥ and his
sons and his wife and his sons’ wives went into the ark because of the waters
of the flood. Gen 7:8 of the clean
beasts and of the beasts that are unclean, and of birds, and of all that creep
on the earth, Gen 7:9 two by two they went into the ark to Noaḥ, male and female, as Elohim had
commanded Noaḥ. Gen 7:10 and it came to be
after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. Gen 7:11 In the six
hundredth year of Noaḥ’s life, in the
second month, the seventeenth day of
the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up,
and the windows of the heavens were opened.(17=10 + 7 discuss the divine
numbers) Gen 7:12 and the rain was
on the earth forty days and forty nights.
Gen 7:13 On that same day Noaḥ and Shĕm and Ḥam and Yepheth, the sons of Noaḥ, and Noaḥ’s
wife and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark,
Gen 7:14 they and every
living creature after its kind, and every beast after its kind, and every
creeping creature that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after
its kind, every bird of every sort. Gen 7:15 and they went into
the ark to Noaḥ, two by two, of all
flesh in which is the breath of life. Gen 7:16 and those going
in, male and female of all flesh, went in as Elohim had commanded him, and יהוה shut him in.
Gen 7:17 and the flood was
on the earth forty days, and the waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it
rose high above the earth. Gen 7:18 and the waters
were mighty and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. Gen 7:19 and the waters
were exceedingly mighty on the earth, and all the high mountains under all the
heavens were covered. Gen 7:20 The waters became
mighty, fifteen cubits upward (around 7.8 meters ), and the
mountains were covered. Gen 7:21 and all flesh died that moved on the earth
– birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping creature that creeps on the
earth, and all mankind. Gen 7:22 All in whose
nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land,
died. Gen 7:23 So He wiped off
all that stand, which were on the face of the ground – both man and beast, creeping creature and bird of the heavens. And
they were wiped off from the earth. And only Noaḥ was left, and those with him
in the ark. Gen 7:24 and the waters were mighty on the earth, one
hundred and fifty days.(5
months) … …… Noah is told to take from clean and unclean animals. We see
again that in order to know about clean and unclean the Torah was needed to
teach the difference and will be later given to Moshe in written form with some
new instructions as it was necessary. Verse 4 seven more days: Read 2nd
Kefa 3:9. ……….2Pe 3:9 יהוה is not slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness,
but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish but that all
should come to repentance
Nevertheless one day He will shut the door of salvation the same as He
shut the door of the Ark (verse16)
It rained 40 days and 40 nights.
4 is the number for radical change test
and trials in life. Many people have turned back to Elohim once having
reached the age of 40. Verse 6 Noah was 600 years old. Again the symbolic is in
the number 6.which is the number of man. Noah took unclean two by two. The number
2 is for division according to B’reshit 1:7 the second day. The clean animals by seven: 7 is the number
for perfect completion on earth according to B’reshit 2:3 …
Verse 10. After
seven days. 7000 Years will be the time on earth, after that will be the Olam
Haba or eternal life.
11-24.Verse 11 the great deep broken
up and the windows of heavens were open. We should try to imagine that it
rained on earth from all side north, south, east and west during 40 days and 40
nights.
Remember the earth has been
cursed after Adam sin B’reshit 3:17. The
earth underwent a “mikveh” (baptism) cleansing by water.
7:12 according to Patten, Hatch and Steinhauer, the
waters “waiting” in heavens have
been animated by the gravitational force of a passing comet that was thrown out
of its course. By this near brush with the earth and became what is now the
first planet. This provoked seismic activity and volcanoes to form mountains. Joseph
Pillow explains scientific study, how so much water could have been stored
above the atmosphere for about 1600 years(earth pre-flood, vapor or canopy)
(Chicago Moody press 1981) .In B’reshit
1:7, the firmament as the sense to be solid in Hebrew. There may have been
crystalline “window” of ice in a heat sunk 11 miles above the earth,
where extra water was held in reserve
for a special time. This explains the flash freezing seen in the remains of
mammoth with indigested food in their stomachs. (Commentary from “One bread
ministry”)
As
Miller points out, in a full polar shift, the North Pole and South Pole are
swapped, or the earth is turned sideways and the present equator becomes the
North and South Pole. There was a total pole shift
during the flood—this is why Genesis 8:20-22--seasons began for the first time. The earth was previously 72 degrees all over*—no ice,
no seasons, no winter—no cold…but afterwards there were seasons. At
His coming, when earth is restored to its pre-Flood conditions, we go back to
the oxygen count and temperatures of before the Flood. The
only way to do this is for another pole shift to occur.............2Pe 3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of
the day of YHWH, wherein the heavens
being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat?
2Pe 3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth,
wherein dwelleth righteousness......
* My
comment: Today the axial position of the earth is 23.5 degrees.
Verse 13 Noah
entered the ark with his family, 8
persons together. Eight is the number pointing behind the natural and thus
to all those who will enter the Olam Haba
the life to come on the Eight day mentioned in the great last day of the Feast
of the tabernacle. At the time when Noah
called the people t repent they didn’t believe him one of the reasons is that
there was no rain on the earth and the watering was by the dew of the morning. Noah
and Methuselah spoke all the words of YHWH to the sons of men, day after
day,
constantly speaking to them.
(Yasher 5:9)......11. And YHWH
granted them a period of one hundred and
twenty years, saying, If they will return, then will God repent of the
evil, so as not to destroy the earth. (Yahser 4:11)......We see here the 120 time period a natural for spiritual
....... 11. and on that day, YHWH caused the whole earth to
shake, and the sun darkened, and the
foundations of the world raged, and the whole earth was moved violently, and
the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared, and all the fountains in the
earth were broken up, such as was not known to the inhabitants before; and God
did this mighty act, in order to terrify the sons of men, that there might be
no more evil upon earth. 12. and still the sons of men would not return from
their evil ways, and they increased the anger of YHWH at that time, and did not
even direct their hearts to all this.(Yasher
4) ................
Compare with:
Joe 2:1 Blow a ram’s horn in Tsiyon, and sound an alarm in My set-apart
mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the
earth tremble, for the day of יהוה is coming, for it is near:
Joe 2:2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness,
like the morning clouds spread over the mountains – a people many and strong,
the like of whom has never been, nor shall there ever be again after them, to
the years of many generations. Mat 24:21 “For then there shall be great distress,1 such as has not been since the beginning of the
world until this time, no, nor ever shall be Mat 24:29
“And immediately after the distress1
of those days the sun shall be darkened
(total sun eclipse), and the moon
shall not give its light (total moon eclipse), and the stars shall fall
from the heaven (comet shower), and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
...Rev
14:10 he (the
man who worships the beast verse 9) also shall drink of the wine of the wrath
of Elohim, which is poured out undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he shall be tortured with fire and sulphur before
the set-apart messengers and before the Lamb.
Rev 14:11
“And the smoke of their torture goes up forever and ever. And they have no rest
day or night, those worshipping the beast and his image, also if anyone
receives the mark of his name.” Rev 16:8
and the fourth messenger poured out his
bowl on the sun, and it was given to him to burn men with fire.
Rev 16:9
and men were burned with great heat,
and they blasphemed the Name of
Elohim who possesses authority over these plagues. And they did not repent, to
give Him esteem. Rev 16:10
and the fifth messenger poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his
reign became darkened. And they
gnawed their tongues from pain. Rev 16:11 and they blasphemed the Elohim of the heaven for
their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their works. Rev 16:12 and the sixth messenger poured out his bowl on the
great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, in order to prepare the way
of the sovereigns from the east. Rev 16:13 and I saw coming
out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs, Rev 16:14 for they are spirits of demons, doing signs, which go
out to the sovereigns of the entire
world (presidents, kings and others), to gather them to the battle of that
great day of יהוה the Almighty. Rev 16:15 “See, I am coming as a thief. Blessed is he who is staying awake and guarding his garments, lest he walks
naked and they see his shame.”
Rev 16:16 and they gathered them together
to the place called in Heḇrew, Har Meḡiddo (Mount Megiddo).
Rev 16:17 and the seventh messenger poured
out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came out of the Dwelling Place of
the heaven, from the throne, saying, “It is done!” Rev 16:18 And there came to be noises and thunders and lightnings. And there
came to be a great earthquake, such a mighty and great earthquake as had not
came to be since men were on the earth. Rev 16:19 and the great city (Yerushalaim)
became divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell, and great
Baḇel (Rome) was remembered before Elohim, to give her the cup of the wine of
the fierceness of His wrath. Rev 16:20 and every island fled away, and
the mountains were not found. Rev 16:21 and great hail from the heaven (comets shower) fell upon men, every hailstone
about the weight of a talent, and men blasphemed Elohim for the plague of the
hail, because that plague was exceedingly great. ……
Remember Sh’lomo write: There is
nothing new under heaven, what has been is that which will be (Eccl.1:9)……
17-24.The flood was running forty days
and prevailed for 150 days or exactly 5
month. At this time every month had 30 days. Everything which was not in
the ark died (21-23) . We can see in the
sod level something beautiful. The ark as I said is a picture to be in Messiah
who covered us with his blood like Noah pitched the ark within and without. If
we are in the covenant represented by the ark, we will be saved from
destruction. The water is an euphemism for the Word or the Torah of Elohim
(Eph. 5:26, Yochan.3:5). The water or
the Torah carries the Ark where Noah and his family took place and they were
saved. The Water underneath the Ark
destroyed those outside (not in the covenant). Five the number for Torah
(five books Moshe) indicates from one side mercy for Noah and his household,
and judgment for those outside…. Gen 8:1
and Elohim
remembered Noaḥ, and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him
in the ark, and Elohim made a wind
(ruach in Hebrew the same name as for the Ruach of Elohim!) to pass over
the earth, and the waters subsided. Gen 8:2 and the fountains of the deep and the windows of the
heavens were stopped, and the rain from the heavens was withheld. Gen 8:3 and the waters receded steadily from the earth and at
the end of the hundred and fifty days (5
x 10 x 3=150) the waters diminished. Gen 8:4 and in the
seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested on
the mountains of Ararat. Exactly 150 days or 5 month each with 30 days on the
seventeenth of the month as it started on the second month on the seventeenth
of the month). Gen 8:5 and the waters decreased steadily until the tenth month. In the tenth
month, on the first day of the month,
the tops of the mountains became visible. .... Again the
number reveal יהוה hands in
the action, ten been the number which include the sum of all number the number
which man can reach on earth e.g. 10 commandments..... Gen 8:6 and it came to be, at the end of forty days, that Noaḥ opened the window of the ark
which he had made, Forty: The number for change, test and trials,
renewing. Noah and his household will now be alone to replenish the all earth. Gen 8:7
and he sent out a raven, which kept going out and turning back until the waters
had dried up from the earth. ........
The raven is an unclean animal and his nature a
picture of selfishness he didn’t returned. The dove is a picture of the Ruach HaQodesh who goes and come back
because there is no earth. ----- Gen 8:8
then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the waters had receded from the
face of the ground. Gen 8:9
but the dove found no resting place for its feet and returned into the ark to
him, for the waters were on the face of all the earth. So he put out his hand
and took it, and pulled it into the ark to himself. Gen 8:10 and he waited
yet another seven days, and again he sent the dove out from the ark. Gen 8:11 and the dove
came to him in the evening, and see, a freshly plucked olive leaf was in
its mouth. and Noaḥ knew that the waters had receded from the earth. .....
The Spiritual Explanation: The
Olive leaf points to the Olive tree, which is a picture of Israel. The dove, a
picture of the Ruach HaQodesh bringing
the olive leaf brings good tiding to Noah
thus pointing to future events which will come to one of his descendant, Shem!
And by consequence the House of Yacov Israel! Discuss it!
The question? Which picture is the raven? Help, the
colour of the raven its action, Hint everything start with darkness. !
-(Chanah add- the Creation;Days;Months;We came from
darkness in the womb,before we came out;and also we came from darkness before
we came to day light of Messiah &so on...) .... Gen 8:12 and he waited yet another seven days and sent out the
dove, which did not return to him again. Gen 8:13 and it came to be in the six hundred and
first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters
were dried up from the earth. And Noaḥ removed the covering of the ark and
looked, and saw the surface of the ground was dry. Gen 8:14 and in the second month, on the
twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. Gen 8:15 and Elohim spoke to Noaḥ, saying, Gen 8:16 “Go out of the ark, you and your wife and
your sons and your sons’ wives with you.
Gen 8:17 “Bring out with
you every living creature of all flesh that is with you: of birds, of cattle
and all creeping creatures that creep on the earth. And let them teem on the
earth, and bear and increase on the
earth.”Gen
8:18 so Noaḥ went
out, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him, Gen 8:19 every beast,
every creeping creature, and every bird, whatever creeps on the earth,
according to their kinds, went out of the ark. Gen 8:20 and Noaḥ built an altar to יהוה, and took of
every clean beast and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings
on the altar. Gen 8:21 and יהוה smelled a
soothing fragrance, and יהוה said in His heart, “Never again shall I curse the ground hbecause
of man, although the inclination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and
never again smite all living creatures,
as I have done,
Gen 8:22 as long as the earth remains, seedtime and
harvest, and cold and heat, and winter and summer, and day and night shall not
cease.” …………..
Seasons as we know them today
came into existence after the flood.
Verse 1 Elohim
remembered: Hebrew “zakar” to mark (as to be recognize) that is to remember,
Strong’s # H2142, see Mal;3:16-18…..
Mal 3:16
Then shall those who fear יהוה speak to one another, and יהוה listen and hear, and a book of remembrance be written
before Him, of those who fear יהוה, and those who think upon His Name. Mal 3:17 “And they shall be Mine,” said יהוה of hosts, “on the
day that I prepare a treasured possession. And I shall spare them as a man
spares his own son who serves him.
Mal 3:18 “Then you shall again see the difference between the righteous and the wrong,
between one who serves Elohim and one who does not serve Him. Remembrance: Strong’s H2146 זכרון zikrôn zik-rone'
From H2142; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing): - memorial, record. H2142 :
Zakar: to remember. Verse 4; The
Ark rested in the seventh month on the seventh day of the month……, which is Turkey today.
The seventh month is the
month of Yom Kippur, the marking of the atonement for the believers through
the sacrifice of Messiah. Vayiqra 16:16, Hebr.9:22-23, Rev. 8:2-5. Verse
7 Noah send a raven. The raven is an unclean animal, representing
selfishness. Verse 8 Noah sent a
dove. The Hebrew word for dove is the word “Yonah”
like the prophet who pictured the Ruach
HaQodesh (Set Apart Spirit) among the nations, who was sent to Nineveh. The
dove unlike the Raven returned to the Arch. The Dove is a clean animal and a
picture for the Ruach HaQodesh who leads us into all truth (Yochan). Joh 16:13 “But when He comes, the Spirit of the Truth, He shall guide you into all the truth. Luk 3:22 and the
Set-apart Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and
a voice came from heaven saying, “You are My Son, the Beloved, in You I did
delight.”
Verse 11. Read Yeshahayahu 11:1, YermeYahu 11:16. Isa 11:1 and a Rod shall come forth from the stump of Yishai,
and a Sprout from his roots shall bear fruit. Jer 11:16 “יהוה has named you, ‘Green Olive Tree, Fair, of Goodly
Fruit.’B’reshit 8:12; He stay another seven days. 8:13 in the first month which is the month of Abiv when the barley
is in the ears the water were dried up. 8:14
in the second month the earth was dry. So it was exactly 370 days or one year
and ten days. 8:15-22 Elohim told Noah to go out and that He will not again smite
the ground anymore. The Hebrew word for
“smite” is Strong’s # H 5221 נכה nâkâh naw-kaw'...
A primitive root; to strike
(lightly or severely, literally or figuratively): beat, cast forth, clap, give
[wounds], X go forward, X indeed, kill, make [slaughter], murderer, punish, slaughter, slay (-er, -ing),
smite (-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound. Here in
the sense of punishment…………….
The earth was clean by a gigantic “mikveh” (baptism). The
cursed was washed away Noah was born for this purpose (Read Chap. 3:17)
14. and Methuselah called his name Noah, saying, The
earth was in his days at rest and free
from corruption, and Lamech his father called his name Menachem, saying,
This one shall comfort us in our works and miserable toil in the earth, which
Elohim had cursed.(Yasher 4:14).......Menachem another name for Noah given to him by his father
Lamech...... Gen 9:1 and Elohim blessed Noaḥ and his sons, and
said to them, “Bear fruit and increase, and fill the earth. Gen 9:2 “And the fear of you and the dread of you is
on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the heavens, on all that creeps
on the ground, and on all the fish of the sea – into your hand they have been
given. Gen
9:3 “Every moving creature that lives is food
for you. I have given you all, as I
gave the green plants. Gen 9:4 “But do not eat flesh with its life, its
blood. Gen
9:5 “But only your blood for your lives I
require, from the hand of every beast I require it, and from the hand of man.
From the hand of every man’s brother I require the life of man. Gen 9:6 “Whoever
sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He
made man. Gen 9:7 “As for you,
bear fruit and increase, bring forth teemingly in the earth and increase in it.” Gen 9:8 and Elohim spoke to Noaḥ and to his sons
with him, saying, Gen 9:9 “And I, see, I establish My covenant with you and with
your seed after you, Gen 9:10 and with every
living creature that is with you: of the birds, of the cattle, and of every
beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of
the earth. Gen
9:11 “And I
shall establish My covenant with you, and never again is all flesh cut off by
the waters of the flood, and never again is there a flood to destroy the earth.”
Gen 9:12 and Elohim
said, “This is the sign of the covenant
which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you,
for all generations to come: Gen 9:13 “I shall set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the
covenant between Me and the earth. Gen 9:14 “And it shall be, when I bring a cloud over
the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud, Gen 9:15 and I shall
remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of
all flesh, and never again let the waters become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Gen 9:16 “And the
rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I shall see it, to remember the everlasting covenant between Elohim and
every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Gen 9:17 and Elohim said
to Noaḥ, “This is the sign of the
covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the
earth.” Gen 9:18 and the sons of Noaḥ who went out of the
ark were Shĕm and Ḥam and Yepheth.
And Ḥam was the father of Kenaʽan. Gen 9:19 These three were the sons of Noaḥ, and all
the earth was overspread from them. Gen 9:20 and Noaḥ,
a man of the soil, began and planted a vineyard.
Gen 9:21 and he
drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent. Gen 9:22 and Ḥam,
the father of Kenaʽan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two
brothers outside. Gen 9:23 so Shĕm
and Yepheth took a garment, laid it
on both their shoulders, and went
backward and covered the nakedness of their father, but their faces were turned
away, and they did not see their
father’s nakedness.
Gen 9:24 and Noaḥ awoke
from his wine, and he knew what his younger son had done to him,
Gen 9:25 and he said, “Cursed is Kenaʽan, let him
become a servant of servants to his brothers.”
Gen 9:26 and he said, “Blessed be יהוה, the Elohim of Shĕm, and let Kenaʽan become his servant.
Gen 9:27 “Let Elohim
enlarge Yepheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shĕm. And let Kenaʽan become his servant.” Gen 9:28 and Noaḥ lived
after the flood three hundred and fifty years. Gen 9:29 so all the days of Noaḥ were nine hundred and
fifty years, and he died. …….950 = 9x100 + 10x5. Nine is the number for completion of a representation for
finality, end, sometimes removal, also
judgment. 3+3+3 ou 3X3. The Aleph bet as 22 letters, the Gemetria sum of all 22 letters is 4995
or 5 x 999.
Hundred is 10x10 or the
multiplication of the sum of all number. Five : the number for Torah . Jugement
or finality: B’reshit 5 :5 for Adam’s life, B’reshit 5:8 for Seth’s life,
5:11 for Enosh’s life, 5 :14 for Kenan’s life, 5:20 for Jared’s life, 5:27
for Methuselah’s life. Others examples for finality: 2nd Melachim (King)
17 :6 for Samaria’s captivity, 2nd Melachim (King) 25:1 for Nebuchadnezzar’s
march toward Jerusalem. (Greg Killian).
Gen 10:1 and this is the genealogy of the sons of
Noaḥ: Shĕm, Ḥam, and Yepheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
Gen 10:2 The
sons of Yepheth: Gomer, and
Maḡoḡ, and Maḏai, and Yawan, and Tuḇal, and Mesheḵ, and Tiras. Gen 10:3 and the sons of
Gomer: Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Toḡarmah.
Elohim
establish His covenant with Noah that
neither flesh nor earth shall be destroyed by flood again (verse 11). In this chapter Elohim gives meat to Noah for food, with the commandment not
to eat the blood, saying that blood will be required to those who shed blood; Lev 17:11
‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the
altar to make atonement for your lives, for it is the blood that makes atonement for the life.’
Mat 26:52
Then יהושע said to him,
“Return your sword to its place, for all
who take the sword shall die by the sword….;
Until these days, during
the first millennium, man was vegetarian. How will it be during the Millennium
reign of Messiah, will we also be vegetarian?...... Can you tell me why so many
wars are done today in the name of “G-d” when Elohim says: “Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood is shed, for in the image of Elohim has He made man. The reason not to kill is because man
is made in the image of Elohim! Today
wars are made to make peace can we believe this position of the powerful
rulers of the world around the US?
...... 13
The bow in the cloud is the sign of the covenant. It is made of seven colours
(divine perfection on earth)
.... 19-29 Noah and his three sons: Out of
them the all earth will be replenished, from Shem will come Abraham
and יהושע. Here we
can clearly see the difference in the world population today. Don’t mistake me
I don’t say that there is a difference, because all men have sinned. Nevertheless
יהושע came
first for the house of Ya’acov then
for the world. Verse 20 Noah planted a vineyard and drank of
the wine and was drunk. The vineyard is a picture of Israel (YesaYahu 5:1,7).
From Ham will come all the enemies of Israel (cush,
Mitzraim which is also called Egypt, Nimrod, Philistine, called today
Palestinians read Psalm 83). Out of
Yapeth Magog. We have see that from
Ham came the nations from Africa. We know from history that many from among
these nations were slaves .......
Barnes gives us following explanation concerning Ham:
------ The prophecy consists of two parts
- a malediction and a benediction. “Cursed be Kenaan.” A curse Gen_3:14, Gen_3:17;
Gen_4:11
is any privation, inferiority, or other ill, expressed in
the form of a doom, and bearing, not
always upon the object directly expressed, but upon the party who is in the
transgression. Thus, the soil is cursed
on account of Adam the transgressor Gen_3:17. It is apparent that in the present ease the prime
mover was Ham, who is therefore punished
in the prospect of a curse resting on his posterity, and especially on
a particular line of it. Let us not imagine, however, that the
ways of יהוה are not
equal in this matter; for Kenaan and his descendants no doubt abundantly
deserved this special visitation. And as the other descendants of Ham are not
otherwise mentioned in the prophecy, we
may presume that they shared in the curse pronounced upon Kenaan. At all
events, they are not expressly included
in the blessing pronounced on the other two divisions of the human family,(Shem
and Yapheth) It is proper to observe, also, that this prediction does not
affirm an absolute perpetuity in the doom of Ham or Kenaan. It only delineates
their relative condition until the whole
race is again brought within the scope of prophecy.... Keil and Delitzsch confirm in their personal
commentary/------ “Ham gave his son the name from the obedience which he
required, though he did not render it himself. The son was to be the servant
(for the name points to servile obedience) of a father who was as tyrannical
towards those beneath him, as he was refractory towards those above. The
father, when he gave him the name, thought only of submission to his own
commands. But the secret providence of God, which rules in all such things, had
a different submission in view” (Hengstenberg, Christol. i. 28, transl.). “Servant
of servants (i.e., the lowest of
slaves, vid., Ewald, §313)
let him become to his brethren.” Although this curse was expressly pronounced
upon Canaan alone, the fact that Ham had no share in Noah's blessing, either
for himself or his other sons, was a sufficient proof that his whole family was included by implication in the
curse, even if it was to fall chiefly upon Canaan. And history confirms the supposition. The Canaanites were partly
exterminated, and partly subjected to the lowest form of slavery, by the
Israelites, who belonged to the family of Shem; and those who still remained
were reduced by Solomon to the same condition (1Ki_9:20-21). The Phoenicians, along with the Carthaginians and
the Egyptians, who all belonged to the family of Canaan, were subjected by the
Japhetic Persians, Macedonians, and Romans; and the remainder of the Hamitic
tribes either shared the same fate, or still sigh, like the negroes, for example, and other African tribes, beneath the yoke of
the most crushing slavery (European and American).
We see how far reaching is יהוה word. It amazes me when I see people
taking the Torah on the “light shoulder”
when we see what our heavenly Father wants us to know. Today we see people boasting of their “freedome in Christ” rejecting
everything instead of humbling themselves in gratefulness and thankfulness.........
Chapter
10 the generation of Noah’s children (see the end of the parsha for explanation
with the table of the nations and the
chart).....
Gen 10:4 and the sons of Yawan:
Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Doḏanim. Gen 10:5 from these the coastland peoples of the nations
were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according
to their clans, into their nations. Gen 10:6 and the sons of Ḥam:
Kush, and Mitsrayim, and Put, and Kenaʽan. Gen 10:7 and the sons of Kush: Seḇa, and Ḥawilah, and
Saḇtah, and Raʽmah, and Saḇteḵa. And the sons of Raʽmah: Sheḇa and Deḏan. Gen 10:8 and Kush brought forth Nimroḏ, he began to be a
mighty one on the earth. Gen 10:9 He was a mighty hunter
before יהוה, therefore it is said, “Like Nimroḏ the
mighty hunter before יהוה.” Gen 10:10 and the beginning of his
reign was Baḇel, and Ereḵ, and Akkaḏ, and Kalnĕh, in the land of Shinʽar. Gen 10:11 from that land he went to
Ashshur and built Ninewĕh, and Reḥoḇoth Ir, and Kelaḥ, Gen 10:12 and Resen between Ninewĕh and Kelaḥ, the great city. Gen 10:13 and Mitsrayim brought forth
Luḏim, and Anamim, and Lehaḇim, and Naphtuḥim, Gen 10:14 and Pathrusim, and Kasluḥim,
from whom came the Philistines and Kaphtorim. Gen 10:15 and Kenaʽan brought forth
Tsiḏon his first-born, and Ḥĕth, Gen 10:16 and
the Yeḇusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, Gen 10:17 and the Ḥiwwite, and the Arqite, and the Sinite,
Gen 10:18 and the Arwaḏite, and the
Tsemarite, and the Ḥamathite. And afterward the clans of the Kenaʽanites were
spread abroad. Gen 10:19 And the border of the
Kenaʽanites was from Tsiḏon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Azzah, as you go
toward Seḏom, and Amorah, and Aḏmah, and Tseḇoyim, as far as Lasha.
Gen 10:20 These were the sons of Ḥam, according to their clans, according to
their languages, in their lands, in their nations. Gen 10:21 and also to Shĕm, the father of
all the children of Ěḇer, the brother of Yepheth the elder, children were born. Gen 10:22 The sons of Shĕm: Ěylam, and Asshur, and Arpaḵshaḏ, and Luḏ, and
Aram. Gen 10:23 and the sons of Aram: Uts, and Ḥul, and Gether, and
Mash. Gen 10:24 and Arpaḵshaḏ brought forth
Shelaḥ, and Shelaḥ brought forth Ěḇer. Gen 10:25 and to Ěḇer were born two sons, the name of one was Peleḡ, for in his days the earth was
divided, and his brother’s name was Yoqtan.
Gen 10:26 and Yoqtan brought forth
Almoḏaḏ, and Sheleph, and Ḥatsarmaweth, and Yeraḥ, Gen 10:27 and Haḏoram, and Uzal, and Diqlah,
Gen 10:28 and Oḇal, and Aḇima’ĕl, and Sheḇa, Gen 10:29 and Ophir, and Ḥawilah, and
Yoḇaḇ. All these were sons of Yoqtan. Gen 10:30 and their dwelling place was
from Mĕysha as you go toward Sephar, a mountain of the east. Gen 10:31 These were the sons of Shĕm,
according to their clans, according to their languages, in their lands,
according to their nations.
Gen 10:32 These were the clans of the sons
of Noaḥ, according to their generations, in their nations. And from these the
nations were divided on the earth after the flood. Gen 11:1 and all the
earth had one language1
and one speech.
Footnote:
1Hebrew lip Gen 11:2 and it came to be, as they set out from the east
that they found a plain in the land of Shinʽar1, and they dwelt there. Footnote: 1Earlier name for Baḇel
Gen 11:3 and they said
to each other, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” And they
had brick for stone, and they had asphalt for mortar. Gen 11:4 and they said, “Come, let us build ourselves
a city, and a tower whose top is in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves,
lest we be scattered over all the face of the earth.” Gen 11:5 then יהוה came down to see the city and the
tower which the sons of men had built. Gen 11:6 and יהוה said, “Look, they are one people and they all have one language, and this
is what they begin to do! And now, they are not going to be withheld from doing
whatever they plan to do.
Gen 11:7 “Come, let Us go
there and confuse their language, so that they do not understand one another’s
speech.” Gen 11:8 and יהוה scattered them from there, over
the face of all the earth, and they left off building the city. Gen 11:9 That is why its
name was called Baḇel1, because there יהוה confused the language of all the earth, and from there יהוה scattered them
over the face of all the earth. Footnote: 1Baḇel
is derived from a verb which means “to confuse". Gen 11:10 This is the genealogy of Shĕm:
Shĕm was a hundred years old and brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, two years after the
flood. Gen 11:11 and after he
brought forth Arpaḵshaḏ, Shĕm lived five hundred years, and brought forth
sons and daughters. Gen 11:12 and Arpaḵshaḏ
lived thirty-five years, and brought forth Shelaḥ. Gen 11:13 and after he
brought forth Shelaḥ, Arpaḵshaḏ lived four hundred and three years, and
brought forth sons and daughters. Gen 11:14 and Shelaḥ lived
thirty years, and brought forth Ěḇer. Gen 11:15 and after he
brought forth Ěḇer, Shelaḥ lived four hundred and three years, and brought
forth sons and daughters. Gen 11:16 and Ěḇer lived
thirty-four years, and brought forth Peleḡ. Gen 11:17 and after he
brought forth Peleḡ, Ěḇer lived four hundred and thirty years, and brought
forth sons and daughters. Gen 11:18 and Peleḡ lived
thirty years, and brought forth Reʽu. Gen 11:19 and after he
brought forth Reʽu, Peleḡ lived two hundred and nine years, and brought forth
sons and daughters. Gen 11:20 and Reʽu lived
thirty-two years, and brought forth Seruḡ.
Gen 11:21 and after he
brought forth Seruḡ, Reʽu lived two hundred and seven years, and brought forth
sons and daughters. Gen 11:22 and Seruḡ lived
thirty years, and brought forth Naḥor. Gen 11:23 and after he
brought forth Naḥor, Seruḡ lived two hundred years, and brought forth sons
and daughters. Gen 11:24 and Naḥor lived twenty-nine years, and brought
forth Teraḥ. Gen 11:25 and after he
brought forth Teraḥ, Naḥor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and brought
forth sons and daughters. Gen 11:26 and Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought
forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. Gen 11:27 and this is the
genealogy of Teraḥ: Teraḥ brought
forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran. And Haran brought forth Lot.
Gen 11:28 and Haran died before his father Teraḥ in the
land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
Gen 11:29 and Aḇram and
Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of
Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the
father of Yiskah.
Gen 11:30 and Sarai was
barren, she had no child.
Gen 11:31 and Teraḥ took
his son Aḇram and his grandson Lot, son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law
Sarai, his son Aḇram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the
Chaldeans to go to the land of Kenaʽan. And they came to Ḥaran and dwelt
there. Gen 11:32 and the days of Teraḥ came to be two
hundred and five years, and Teraḥ died in Ḥaran. ……………… Verse 11:1 to speak one language means to agree with one another …. Rom 12:16
be of the same mind toward one another.
Do not be proud in mind, but go along with the lowly. Do not be wise in your
own estimation. 2Co 13:11 for the rest, brothers, rejoice. Be made perfect,1 be encouraged, be
of one mind, live in peace. And the
Elohim of love and peace shall be with you.
Php 2:2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, having the same love, one in being and of purpose,
I want to go back to the chapter
10 where we read verse 8 about Nimrod that he
was a mighty one in the earth.
By reading the book of Yasher we can better understand the
nature of Nimrod: ----- 23.
and Cush the son of Ham, the son of
Noah, took a wife in those days in his old
age, and she bare a son, and they called his name Nimrod, saying, At
that time the sons of men again began to rebel and transgress against God, and
the child grew up, and his father loved him exceedingly, for he was the son of
his old age. 24. and the garments of skin which God made
for Adam and his wife, when they went out of the garden, were given to Cush.
25. for after the
death of Adam and his wife, the garments were given to Enoch, the
son of Jared, and when Enoch was taken up to God, he gave them to Methuselah,
his son. 26. and at the death of Methuselah, Noah took them and brought them to the ark, and they were with him
until he went out of the ark. 27. and in their going out, Ham stole those garments from Noah his father, and he took them and
hid them from his brothers. 28. and when Ham begat his first born Cush, he gave him the garments in secret, and
they were with Cush many days. 29. and Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers,
and when Cush
had
begotten Nimrod, he gave him those garments through his love for him, and Nimrod
grew up, and when he was twenty years old he put on those garments. 30.
and Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments, and God gave him might and strength, and he was a mighty hunter in the
earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter in the field, and he hunted the animals
and he built altars, and he offered upon them the animals before the Lord.
31. and Nimrod strengthened himself, and he rose up from
amongst his brethren, and he fought the battles of his brethren against all
their enemies round about. 32. and יהוה delivered
all the enemies of his brethren in his hands, and God prospered him from time to time in his
battles, and he reigned upon earth. 42.
and whilst he was reigning according to his heart's desire, after having conquered
all his enemies around, he advised with his counselors to build a city for his
palace, and they did so. 43. and they found a large valley opposite to the east,
and they built him a large and extensive city, and Nimrod called the name of the city that he built Shinar (Babel), for
יהוה had
vehemently shaken his enemies and destroyed them. 44.
and Nimrod dwelt in Shinar, and he reigned securely, and he fought with his enemies
and he subdued them, and he prospered in all his battles, and his kingdom
became very great. 45. and all nations and tongues heard of his fame,
and they gathered themselves to him, and they
bowed down to the earth, and they brought him offerings, and he became
their
lord and king,
and they all dwelt with him in the city at Shinar, and Nimrod reigned in the
earth over all the sons of Noah, and they were all under his power and counsel.
46. And all the earth was of one tongue and words of union, but Nimrod did not go in the ways of YHWH,
and he was more wicked
than all the men that were before
him, from the days of the flood until those days. 47. and he made gods of
wood and stone, and he bowed down to them, and he rebelled against YHWH, and taught all his subjects and the people of the earth
his wicked ways; and Mardon his son was more wicked than his father. 48.
and every one that heard of the acts of Mardon the son of Nimrod would say, concerning
him, From the wicked goeth forth
wickedness; therefore it became a proverb
in the whole earth, saying, From the wicked goeth forth wickedness, and it
was current in the words of men from that time to this.(Yasher Chapter 7)
Chapter 11:6 יהוה says that if people are of one language nothing will be
retain from them, which they have imagined to do. Today through the UN (the
beast) people from all over the world speak
the same language. Only Elohim’s people speak another language. Joh 15:18 “If the world
hates you, you know that it hated
Me before it hated you. Joh 15:19
“If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are
not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for that reason the world hates you.
2Pe 3:3
knowing this first: that mockers shall come in the last days with mocking, walking according to their own lusts,
2Pe 3:4 and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming? For
since the fathers fell asleep, all continues as from the beginning of
creation.” 2Pe
3:5 For they
choose to have this hidden from them: that the heavens were of old, and the
earth standing out of water and in the water, by the Word of Elohim,1Footnote: 1Heb.
11:3.
2Pe 3:6
through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. 2Pe 3:7 and the present heavens and the earth are treasured
up by the same Word, being kept for
fire, to a day of judgment and destruction of wicked men.
10-32 The generation of Shem. ......Shem was king of Shalem (Hebr.7:1) according to
the book of Yasher, he was the son of Noah and all his descendants became the
forefathers of Abraham, Itsak and Ya’acov. They were not all righteous. Terah
was an idolater established by and servant of Nimrod. At the end of his life
Terah took distance from Nimrod by going in Ur in Chaldea but was not able to
go further and died in Haran which in Hebrew means: parched. Abram will hear
the call of יהוה and follow it. Let us read about the forefathers of Abraham from the
book of Yasher:
Chapter 11: 12. At that time died Nahor, son of Serug, in the forty-ninth year of the life of Abram son of Terah.
13 and in the
fiftieth year of the life of Abram son of Terah, Abram came forth from the
house of Noah, and went to his father's house.
14 and Abram knew יהוה, and he
went in his ways and instructions, and יהוה his God was with him. 15 and
Terah his father was in those days,
still captain of the host of king Nimrod, and he still followed strange gods. 16 and Abram came to his
father's house and saw twelve gods standing there in their temples, and the
anger of Abram was kindled when he saw these images in his father's house. 17 and
Abram said, As יהוה liveth
these images shall not remain in my father's house;
so shall יהוה who created me do unto me if in three days' time I do
not break them all. 18
and Abram went from them, and his anger
burned within him. And Abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's
outer court, and he found his father sitting in the court, and all his servants
with him, and Abram came and sat before him. 19 and Abram asked his father, saying, Father, tell me where is God who created heaven and earth,
and all the sons of men upon earth, and who created thee and me. And Terah answered
his son Abram and said, Behold those who created us are all with us in the house.
20 and Abram said to his father, My Master, shew them to me I pray thee;
and Terah brought Abram into the chamber of the inner court, and Abram saw, and
behold the whole room was full of gods
of wood and stone, twelve great images and others less than they without
number. 21 and Terah said to his son, Behold these are they which made all thou
seest upon earth, and which created me and thee, and all mankind. 22 and
Terah bowed down to his gods, and he then went away from them, and Abram, his son,
went away with him. 23 and when Abram had gone from them he went
to his mother and sat before her, and he said to his mother, Behold, my father
has shown me those who made heaven and earth,
and all the sons of men. 24 Now, therefore,
hasten and fetch a kid from the flock, and make of it savory meat, that I my
bring it to my father's gods as an offering for them to eat; perhaps I may
thereby become acceptable to them. 25
and his mother did so, and she fetched a
kid, and made savory meat thereof, and brought it to Abram, and Abram took the
savory meat from his mother and brought it before his father's gods, and he
drew nigh to them that they might eat; and Terah
his father, did not know of it. 26 and Abram saw on the day when he was
sitting amongst them, that they had no
voice, no hearing, no motion, and not
one of them could stretch forth his hand to eat. 27 and Abram mocked them, and said, Surely the savory meat that I
prepared has not pleased them, or perhaps it was too little for them, and for
that reason they would not eat; therefore tomorrow I will prepare fresh savory
meat, better and more plentiful than this, in order that I may see the result. 28
and it was on the next day that Abram directed his mother concerning the savory
meat, and his mother rose and fetched three fine kids from the flock, and she
made of them some excellent savory meat, such as her son was fond of, and she
gave it to her son Abram; and Terah his father did not know of it. 29 and
Abram took the savoury meat from his
mother, and brought it before his father's gods into the chamber; and he
came nigh unto them that they might eat, and he placed it before them, and Abram sat before them all day, thinking
perhaps they might eat.
30 and Abram
viewed them, and behold they had neither voice nor hearing, nor did one of them
stretch forth his hand to the meat to eat. 31 and in the evening of that
day in that house Abram was clothed with the spirit of God.
32
and he called out and said, Wo unto my father and this wicked generation, whose
hearts are all inclined to vanity, who
serve these idols of wood and stone which can neither eat, smell, hear nor
speak, who have mouths without speech, eyes without sight, ears without
hearing, hands without feeling, and legs which cannot move; like them are those
that made them and that trust in them. 33
and when Abram saw all these things his anger was kindled against his father,
and he hastened and took a hatchet in his hand, and came unto the chamber of
the gods, and he broke all his
father's gods. 34
and when he had done breaking the images,
he placed the hatchet in the hand of the
great god which was there before them, and he went out; and Terah his
father came home, for he had heard at the door the sound of the striking of the
hatchet; so Terah came into the house
to know what this was about. 35 and Terah, having heard the noise of the
hatchet in the room of images, ran to the room to the images, and he met Abram going out. 36
and Terah entered the room and found all the idols fallen down and
broken, and the hatchet in the hand of the largest, which was not
broken, and the savory meat which Abram his son had made was still before them.
37 and when Terah saw this his anger was greatly kindled, and he
hastened and went from the room to Abram. 38 and he found Abram his son still sitting in the house; and he said to
him, What is this work thou hast done to
my gods? 39 and Abram answered Terah his father and he
said, Not so my Master, for I brought savoury meat before them, and when I came
nigh to them with the meat that they might eat, they all at once stretched
forth their hands to eat before the great one had put forth his hand to eat.
40 and the large one saw their
works that they did before him, and his anger was violently kindled against
them, and he went and took the hatchet that was in the house and came to them
and broke them all, and behold the hatchet is yet in his hand as thou seest.
41 and Terah's anger was kindled
against his son Abram, when he spoke this; and Terah said to Abram his son
in his anger, What is this tale that
thou hast told? Thou speakest lies to me. 42 Is there in these gods spirit, soul or power to do all thou hast told
me? Are they not wood and stone,
and have I not myself made them,
and canst thou speak such lies, saying that the large god that was with them
smote them? It is thou that didst place the hatchet in his hands, and then
sayest he smote them all. 43 and Abram
answered his father and said to him, And
how canst thou then serve these idols in whom there is no power to do any
thing? Can those idols in which thou trustiest deliver thee? can they
hear thy prayers when thou callest upon them? can they deliver thee from the
hands of thy enemies, or will they fight thy battles for thee against thy enemies,
that thou shouldst serve wood and stone which can neither speak nor hear?
44 and now surely it is not good for thee nor for the sons of
men that are connected with thee, to do these things; are you so silly, so
foolish or so short of understanding that you will serve wood and stone, and do
after this manner?45 and forget
יהוה God who
made heaven and earth, and who created you in the earth, and thereby bring a great evil upon your souls in
this matter by serving stone and wood? 46
Did not our fathers in days of old sin in this matter, and יהוה God
of the universe brought
the waters of the flood upon them and destroyed the whole earth?47
and how can you continue to do this and
serve gods of wood and stone, who cannot hear, or speak, or deliver you
from oppression, thereby bringing down
the anger of the God of the
universe upon you? 48 Now
therefore my father refrain from this, and bring not evil upon thy soul
and the souls of thy household. 49 and Abram hastened and sprang from before his father,
and took the hatchet from his father's largest idol, with which Abram broke it
and ran away. 50 and Terah,
seeing all that Abram had done, hastened to go from his house, and he went to
the king and he came before Nimrod and
stood before him, and he bowed down to the king; and the king said, What
dost thou want?
Abram was taught in the way of יהוה by Ebert and Shem since he was a boy: ----- Yasher 9: 6. And Abram was in Noah's house thirty-nine years,
and Abram knew יהוה from
three years old,
and he went in the ways of יהוה until
the day of his death, as Noah and his
son Shem had taught him; and all the sons of the earth in those days
greatly transgressed against יהוה, and they
rebelled against him and they served other gods, and they forgot יהוה who had created them in the earth; and the inhabitants
of the earth made unto themselves, at that time, every man his god; gods of wood and stone which could neither
speak, hear, nor deliver, and the sons of men served them and they became their
gods. .......
The book of Yasher is a good help to know more about Adam
and the patriarchs as well as the life of Ya’acov’s children as we will see in
other parsha.
HAFTORAH
Isa 54:1 “Sing, O
barren one, you who did not bear! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you
who have not been in labour! For the
children of the deserted one are more than the children of the married woman,”
said יהוה. Isa 54:2 “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch
out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not. Lengthen your cords, and
strengthen your stakes. Isa 54:3 “For you shall break forth to the right and to the left,
and your seed inherit the nations, and make the deserted cities inhabited. Isa 54:4 “Do not fear, for you shall not be put to shame, nor
hurt, you shall not be humiliated. For the
shame of your youth you shall forget, and not remember the reproach of your
widowhood any more. Isa 54:5 “For your Maker is your husband, יהוה of hosts is His Name, and the Set-apart One of Yisra’ĕl
is your Redeemer. He is called the
Elohim of all the earth. Isa 54:6 “For יהוה has called you like a woman
forsaken and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when you were refused,”
declares your Elohim. Isa 54:7 “For a little while I have forsaken you, but with great
compassion I shall gather you. Isa 54:8 “In an overflow of wrath I hid My face from you for a
moment, but with everlasting kindness I
shall have compassion on you,” said יהוה, your Redeemer. Isa 54:9 “For this is the waters of Noaḥ to Me, in that I have
sworn that the waters of Noaḥ would never again cover the earth, so have I sworn not to be wroth with you, nor to
rebuke you.
Isa 54:10 “For though the mountains be removed and the hills be
shaken, My kindness is not removed from
you, nor is My covenant of peace shaken,” said יהוה, who has compassion on you. Isa 54:11 “O you afflicted one, tossed with storm, and not
comforted, see, I am setting your stones in antimony, and shall lay your
foundations with sapphires, Isa 54:12 and shall make your battlements of rubies, your gates of
crystal, and all your walls of precious stones, Isa 54:13 and all your
children taught by יהוה, and the peace of your children
great. Isa 54:14 “In righteousness you shall be established – far from
oppression, for you shall not fear, and far from ruin, for it does not
come near you. Isa 54:15 “See, they shall indeed assemble, but not because of Me.
Whoever shall assemble against you falls for your sake! Isa 54:16 “See, I Myself have created the blacksmith who blows the
coals in the fire, who brings forth an instrument for his work. And I have
created the waster to destroy. Isa 54:17 “No weapon
formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in
judgment you shall prove wrong. This
is the inheritance of the servants of יהוה, and their
righteousness from Me,” declares יהוה. Isa 55:1 “Oh everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters. And you who have no silver, come, buy and eat. Come, buy
wine and milk without silver and without price. Isa 55:2 “Why do you
weigh out silver for what is not bread, and your labour for what does not
satisfy? Listen, listen to Me, and eat what is good, and let your being
delight itself in fatness. Isa 55:3 “Incline
your ear, and come to Me. Hear, so that your being lives. And let Me make an everlasting covenant with
you, the trustworthy kindnesses of Dawiḏ. Isa 55:4 “See, I
have given Him as a witness to the people, a Leader and a Commander for the
people. Isa 55:5 “See, a
nation you do not know you shall call, and a nation who does not know you run
to you, because of יהוה your Elohim, and the Set-apart
One of Yisra’ĕl, for He has adorned you.” 55:1
Compare:
Joh 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water I give him shall
certainly never thirst. And the water that I give him shall become in him a
fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
55:2 Read: Mat 11:28 “Come to Me, all you who labour and are burdened, and
I shall give you rest.
The prophet YehshaYahu
is bringing comfort to the people by telling them that the day will come that
Messiah will be reveal chapter 53. He let the people know that it is not
finished with Israel; hope is still there because יהוה is merciful. He takes Noah covenant as proof, because
every one knows about the covenant. The day will come when the all world will
recognize יהוה’s people,
those who are called by His Name and walk in Messiah’s footsteps. Who is the deserted one or desolate
as the KJV says? Read: Isa 62:4 No longer are you called “Forsaken,” and no longer is
your land called “Deserted.” But you shall be called “Ḥephtsiḇah,” and your
land “Married,” for יהוה shall delight in you, and your land be married…… This is Israel!
Hos 1:10
“Yet the number of the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be as the sand of the sea,
which is not measured nor counted. And it shall be in the place where it was
said to them, ‘You are not My people,’
they shall be called, ‘You are the sons of the living Ěl.’... Hos 1:11 “And the
children of Yehuḏah and the children of Yisra’ĕl shall be gathered
together, and appoint for themselves one head, and shall come up out of the
earth, for great is the day of Yizreʽĕl! .....
1Pe 3:18 Because even Messiah once suffered for sins, the righteous for the
unrighteous, to bring you to Elohim, having been
put to death indeed in flesh but made alive in the Spirit,..... 1Pe 3:19 in which also
He went and proclaimed unto the spirits in prison, 1Pe 3:20 who were disobedient
at one time when the patience of Elohim waited in the days of Noaḥ, while the
ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight beings, were saved
through water, 1Pe 3:21 which figure
now also saves us: immersion – not a putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience toward Elohim – through the resurrection of
יהושע Messiah, 1Pe 3:22 who, having gone
into heaven, is at the right hand of
Elohim, messengers and authorities and powers having been subjected to Him.
The patience of Elohim last for a time period of 120
revolutions of time or Yovel years.
After that all the wicked will be destroyed and righteousness will run the
earth under יהושע Messiah,
until He gives over the Kingdom to
Elohim!
1Co 15:24 then the end, when He(יהושע)delivers up
the reign to Elohim the Father, when He has brought to naught all rule and all
authority and power. 1Co 15:25
For He has to reign until He has put all enemies under His feet. 1Co 15:26 The last enemy
to be brought to naught is death.
1Co 15:27
for “He (Yehowah) has put all under His feet.” But when He says “all are put under Him,” it is clear that He (Yehowah) who
put all under Him (Yeshua) is excepted. 1Co 15:28 And when all
are made subject to Him (Yeshua), then the Son Himself shall also be subject
to Him (Yehowah) who put all under Him, in order that Elohim be all in all.
TABLES of
the NATIONS
Descendants
of Shem Yapheth and Ham
Order of the Three Races: -----Notwithstanding
that the sons of Noah are here (Gen_10:1)
and elsewhere mentioned in the order Shem, Ham and Japheth (Gen_5:32; Gen_6:10), and
Ham was apparently the youngest (see HAM), the Table begins (Gen_10:2) with Japheth, enumerates then the descendants of Ham
(Gen_10:6), and
finishes with those of Shem (Gen_10:21).
This order in all probability indicates the importance of each race in the eyes
of the Hebrews, who as Semites were naturally interested most in the
descendants of Shem with whom the list ends. This enabled the compiler to
continue the enumeration of Shem's descendants in Gen_11:12 immediately after the verses dealing with the
building of the Tower of Babel and the Confusion of Tongues.
4. Extent of Each: ---- The numbers of the
descendants of each son of Noah, however, probably bear witness to the
compiler's knowledge, rather than their individual importance in his eyes.
Thus, the more remote and less known race of Japheth is credited with 14
descendants only (7 sons and 7 grandsons), while Ham has no less than 29
descendants (4 sons, 23 grandsons, and 2 great-grandsons), and Shem the same (5
sons, 5 grandsons, 1 great-grandson, and 20 remoter descendants to the 6th
generation). Many of the descendants of Shem and Ham, however, are just as
obscure as the descendants of Japheth. How far the relationship to the individual
sons of Noah is to be taken literally is uncertain. The earlier names are
undoubtedly those of nations, while afterward we have, possibly, merely tribes,
and in chapter 11 the list develops into a genealogical list of individuals.
5. Sons of Japheth: --- It is
difficult to trace a clear system in the enumeration of the names in the Table.
In the immediate descendants of Japheth (Gen_10:2), Gomer, Magog, Tubal and Mesech, we have the principal nations of Asia Minor,
but Madai stands for the Medes on
the extreme East, and Javan (the Ionians) for the Greeks (? and Romans) on the
extreme West (unless the Greeks of Asia Minor were meant). Gomer's descendants
apparently located themselves northward of this tract, while the sons of Javan
extended themselves along the Mediterranean coastlands westward, Tarshish
standing, apparently, for Spain, Kittim being the Cyprians, and Rodanim the
Rhodians. My comments: France, Germany,
UK, Spain, Italy Switzerland, Greece, and other eastern countries, descendants
from Yapheth
before they were intermingled with the House of Israel , Ephraim beginning
in 721 B.C.E.????
6. Sons and Descendants of Ham: ---- Coming to the immediate
descendants of Ham (Gen_10:6), the
writer begins with those on the South and then goes northward in the following
order: Cush or Ethiopia, Mizraim or Egypt, Phut (better Put, the Revised
Version (British and American)) by the Red Sea, and lastly Canaan - the Holy Land - afterward occupied by the Israelites. The
sons of Cush, which follow (Gen_10:7), are
apparently nationalities of the Arabian coast, where Egyptian influence was
predominant. These, with the sons of Raamah, embrace the interior of Africa as known to the Hebrews, and the Arabian
tract as far as Canaan, its extreme northern boundary. The reference to
Babylonia (Nimrod) may be regarded as following not unnaturally here, and
prominence is given to the district on account of its importance and romantic
history from exceedingly early times. Nevertheless, this portion (Gen_10:8-12) reads like an interpolation, as it not only records
the foundation of the cities of Babylonia, but those of Assyria as well - the
country mentioned lower down (Gen_10:22)
among the children of Shem.
7. Further Descendants of Ham: ---- The text then goes back to
the West again, and enumerates the sons of Mizraim or Egypt (Gen_10:13), mostly located on the southeastern and eastern
shores of the Mediterranean. These include the “Libyans in the narrowest sense” (Lehabim), two districts regarded
as Egyptian (Naphtuhim and Pathrusim), the Casluhim from whom came the
Philistines, and the Caphtorim, probably not the Cappadocians of the Targums,
but the island of Crete, “because
such a large island ought not to be wanting” (Dillmann). The more important
settlements in the Canaanitish sphere of influence are referred to as the sons
of Canaan (Gen_10:15) -
Sidon, Heth (the Hittites), the Jebusites (who were in occupation of Jerusalem
when the Israelites took it), the Amorites (whom Abraham found in Canaan), and
others. Among the sons of Canaan are, likewise, the Girgashites, the Arkites
and Sinites near Lebanon, the
Arvadites of the coast, and the Hamathites, in whose capital, Hamath, many
hieroglyphic inscriptions regarded as records of the Hittites or people of Heth
have been found. It is possibly to this occupation of more or less outlying
positions that the “spreading abroad” of the families of the Canaanites (Gen_10:18) refers. In Gen_10:19 the writer has been careful to indicate “the border
of the Canaanites,” that being of importance in view of the historical
narrative which was to follow; and here he was evidently on familiar ground.
8. Sons of Shem: -- In
his final section - the nations descended from Shem (Gen_10:21) - the compiler again begins with the farthest
situated - the Elamites - after which we have Asshur (Assyria), to the Northwest; Arpachshad (? the Chaldeans), to the
West; Lud (Lydia), Northwest of Assyria; and Aram (the Aramean states), South
of Lud and West of Assyria. The tribes or states mentioned as the sons of Aram
(Uz, Hul, Gether and Mash), however, do not give the names with which we are
familiar in the Old Testament (Aram Naharaim, Aram Zobah, etc.), and have
evidently to be sought in different positions, indicating that they represent
an earlier stage of their migrations. With regard to their positions, it has
been suggested that Uz lay in the neighborhood of the Hauran and Damascus; Hul
near the Sea of Galilee; and that Mash stands for Mons Masius. This last,
however, may have been the land of Mas, West of Babylonia.
9. Further Descendants of Shem: -- Only one son is attributed to Arpachshad, namely,
Shelah (shālaḥ, shelaḥ, Gen_10:24), unidentified as a nationality. This name should,
however, indicate some part of Babylonia, especially if his son, Eber, was the ancestor of the Hebrews,
who were apparently migrants from Ur (Mugheir)
(see ABRAHAM; UR OF THE CHALDEES). Though Peleg, “in whose days the land was
divided,” may not have been an important link in the chain, the explanatory
phrase needs notice. It may refer to the period when the fertilizing
watercourses of Babylonia - the “rivers of Babylon” (Psa_137:1) - were first constructed (one of their names was pelegh), or to the time when
Babylonia was divided into a number of small states, though this latter seems
to be less likely. Alternative renderings for Selah, Eber and Peleg are
“sending forth” (Bohlen), “crossing” (the Euphrates), and “separation” (of the
Joktanites) (Bohlen), respectively.
The Babylonian geographical fragment 80-6-17, 504 has
a group explained as Pulukku,
perhaps a modified form of Peleg, followed by (Pulukku) ša êbirti, “Pulukku of the crossing”,
the last word being from the same root as Eber. This probably indicates a city
on one side of the river (? Euphrates), at a fordable point, and a later
foundation bearing the same name on the other side. Reu, Serug, and Nahor, however, are regarded
generally as place-names, and Terah as a personal name (the father of Abram,
Nahor and Haran). From this point onward the text (Gen_11:27) becomes the history of the Israelite nation,
beginning with these patriarchs.
1. Position in Noah's Family: His Name: --- The eldest son of Noah, from whom the Jews, as well as
the Semitic (“Shemitic”) nations in general have descended. When giving the
names of Noah's three sons, Shem is always mentioned first (Gen_9:18; Gen_10:1, etc.);
and though “the elder” in “Shem the brother of Japheth the elder” (Gen_10:21 margin) is explained as referring to Shem, this is
not the rendering of Onkelos. His five sons peopled the greater part of West
Asia's finest tracts, from Elam on the East to the Mediterranean on the West.
Though generally regarded as meaning “dusky” (compare the Assyr-Babylonian sâmu - also Ham - possibly = “black,” Japheth, “fair”), it is considered
possible that Shem may be the usual
Hebrew word for “name” (shēm),
given him because he was the firstborn
- a parallel to the Assyr-Babylonian usage, in which “son,” “name” (šumu) are synonyms (W. A. Inscriptions, V, plural 23, 11,
29-32abc).
SHEM ---2. History, and the Nations Descended from Him: --- Shem,
who is called “the father of all the
children of Eber,” was born when Noah had attained the age of 500 years (Gen_5:32). Though married at the time of the Flood, Shem was
then childless. Aided by Japheth, he covered the nakedness of their father,
which Ham, the youngest brother, had revealed to them; but unlike the last,
Shem and Japheth, in their filial piety, approached their father walking
backward, in order not to look upon him. Two years after the Flood, Shem being
then 100 years old, his son Arpachshad was born (Gen_11:10), and was followed by further sons and daughters
during the remaining 500 years which preceded Shem's death. Noah's prophetic
blessing, on awakening from his wine, may be regarded as having been fulfilled
in his descendants, who occupied Syria (Aramaic),
Palestine (Canaan), Chaldea (Arpachshad), Assyria (Asshur),
part of Persia (Elam), and Arabia (Joktan). In the first three of
these, as well as in Elam, Canaanites had settled (if not in the other
districts mentioned), but Shemites ruled,
at some time or other, over the Canaanites, and Canaan thus became “his servant” (Gen_9:25, Gen_9:26). The
tablets found in Cappadocia seem to show that Shemites (Assyrians) had settled
in that district also, but this was apparently an unimportant colony. Though
designated sons of Shem, some of his descendants (e.g. the Elamites) did not
speak a Semitic language, while other nationalities, not his descendants (e.g.
the Canaanites), did
HAM
-- 1. The Youngest Son of Noah :
---- The youngest son of Noah, from whom sprang the western
and southwestern nations known to the Hebrews. His name first occurs in Gen_5:32, where, as in Gen_6:10 and elsewhere, it occupies the second place. In Gen_9:18 Ham is described as “the father of Canaan,” to
prepare the reader for Gen_9:25-27, where
Noah, cursing Ham for having told Shem and Japheth of his nakedness, refers to
him as Canaan. On account of this, it has been suggested that “Canaan” stood
originally in all the passages where the three brothers are spoken of, and that
this was later changed to “Ham,” except in the verses containing the curse. It
seems more likely, however, that the name “Canaan”
is inserted prophetically, as Noah would not desire to curse his son (Ham),
but only one branch of that son's descendants, who were later the principal adversaries of the Hebrews.
2. Ham as a Nationality --- The name given, in Psa_105:23, Psa_105:17; Psa_106:22 (compare Psa_78:51),
to Egypt as a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. As Shem means “dusky,” or the
like, and Japheth “fair,” it has been supposed that Ham meant, as is not improbable, “black.” This is supported by the
evidence of Hebrew and Arabic, in which the word ḥāmam means “to be hot” and “to be black,” the latter
signification being derived from the former.
3. Meaning of the Word --- That Ham is connected with the native name of Egypt, Kem, or, in full pa ta' en Kem, “the land of Egypt,”
in Bashmurian Coptic Kheme, is
unlikely, as this form is probably of a much later date than the composition of
Gen, and, moreover, as the Arabic shows, the guttural is not a true kh, but the hard breathing h, which are both represented by the
Hebrew ḥētȟ.
4. The Nations Descending from Ham --- Of the nationalities regarded as descending from Ham,
none can be described as really black. First on the list, as being the darkest,
is Cush or Ethiopia (Gen_10:6), after which comes Micrayim, or Egypt,
then Puṭ or Libyia, and Canaan last. The sons or descendants of each of these are then
taken in turn, and it is noteworthy that some of them, like the Ethiopians and
the Canaanites, spoke Semitic, and not Hamitic, languages - Seba (if connected
with the Sabeans), Havilah (Yemen),
and Sheba, whose queen visited Solomon. Professor Sayce, moreover, has pointed
out that Caphtor is the original home of the
Phoenicians, who spoke a Semitic language. The explanation of this probably
is that other tongues were forced upon these nationalities in consequence of
their migrations, or because they fell under the dominion of nationalities
alien to them. The non-Sem Babylonians, described as descendants of Nimrod
(Merodach), as is welI known, spoke Sumerian, and adopted Semitic Babylonian
only on account of mingling with the Semites whom they found there. Another
explanation is that the nationalities described as Hamitic - a parallel to
those of the Semitic section - were so called because they fell under Egyptian
dominion. This would make the original Hamitic race to have been Egyptian and
account for Ham as a (poetical) designation of that nationality. Professor F.
L. Griffith has pointed out that the Egyptian Priapic god of Panopolis
(Akhmim), sometimes called Menu, but also apparently known as Khem, may have
been identified with the ancestor of the Hamitic race - he was worshipped from
the coast of the Red Sea to Coptos, and must have been well known to Egypt's
eastern neighbors. He regards the characteristics of Menu as being in accord
with the shamelessness of Ham as recorded in Gen_9:20
YAPTHETH --- This name, in Gen_9:27, seems to be explained by the phrase “may God make
wide (yapht, the American
Standard Revised Version “enlarge”) for Japheth,” where yapht and Japheth
are represented by the same consonants, but with different vowel-points. The
root of yapht is pāthāh, “to make wide.” This etymology, however, is not universally
accepted, as the word-play is so obvious, and the association of Japheth with
Shem (“dark”) and Ham (“black”) suggests a name on similar lines - either
gentilic, or descriptive of race. Japheth has therefore been explained as
meaning “fair,” from yāphāh, the non-Sem and non-Hamitic races known to the Jews being all more
or less whiteskinned. The Targum of
Onkelos agrees with the English Versions of the Bible, but that of Jonathan has
“God shall beautify Japheth,” as though from yāphāȟ.
2. His Descendants --- The immediate descendants of Japheth were seven in
number, and are represented by the nations designated Gomer, Magog, Madai,
Javan, Tubal, Mesech, and Tiras; or, roughly, the Armenians, Lydians, Medes, Greeks, Tibarenians, and
Moschians, lthe last, Tiras,
remaining still obscure. The sons of Gomer (Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah)
were all settled in the West Asian tract;
while the sons of Javan (Elisah, Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim or Rodanim)
occupied the Mediterranean coast and the adjacent islands.
3. His Place Among the Sons of Noah --- In
Gen_9:27, as in
other passages, Japheth occupies the 3rd place in the enumeration of the sons
of Noah, but he is really regarded as the 2nd son, Ham being the youngest. In
the genealogical table, however (Gen_10:1),
the descendants of Japheth are given first, and those of Shem last, in order to
set forth Semitic affinities at greater length. Though this would seem to
indicate that the fair races were the least known to the Jews, it implies that the latter were well disposed toward them,
for Japheth was (ultimately) to dwell in the tents of Shem, and therefore to take part in Shem's
spiritual privileges.
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