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Parashat Bereshith "In the Beginning" Bereshith [Genesis] 1:1-6:8 tyviÞarEB. This first parashah is named Bereshith, from the Hebrew tyviare n.f. beginning, chief, and is thus usually translated in the beginning or maybe even when (Elohim) began...Theme The theme of Parashat Bereshith Sedarim The Deception and Disobedience in the Garden Prophetic Pictures in this Week's Torah Portion Prophetic End Time Shadows in the Torah Parashah
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In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth. The Maker of Heaven and Earth 1:1
In the beginning Elohim created the heavens and the earth.
ar'B' vb. shape, create -- Qal shape, fashion, create, always of divine activity, Gen. 1:1, 21, 27; 2:3f; 5:1f; 6:7; Exod. 34:10; Num. 16:30; Deut. 4:32; Jos. 17:15, 18; 1 Sam. 2:29; Ps. 51:12; 89:13, 48; 102:19; 104:30; 148:5; Eccl. 12:1; Isa. 4:5; 40:26, 28; 41:20; 42:5; 43:1, 7, 15; 45:7f, 12, 18; 48:7; 54:16; 57:19; 65:17f; Jer. 31:22; Ezek. 21:24, 35; 23:47; 28:13, 15; Amos 4:13; Mal. 2:10 Yeshayahu 43:1 Now, this is what Yahuwah says, the one who created (bara) you, Ya'acov, and formed you, Yisrael: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. rc;y" vb. form, fashion -- Qal 1. of human activity: a. of a potter who forms out of clay a vessel. b. of a carver of wood, graven images. c. frame, devise in the mind. 2. of divine activity: a. (as a potter) forming Adam out of rp[ (dust) from hmda (ground) 43:7 everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my splendor, whom I formed--yes, whom I made! 45:7 I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am Yahuwah, who accomplishes all these things. 45:12 I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me--my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights. 45:18 For this is what Yahuwah says, the one who created the sky-- he is the true Elohim, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited-- "I am Yahuwah, I have no peer. Day One 3 And Elohim said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
Day Two 6 And Elohim said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to
separate water from water."
Day Three 9 And Elohim said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one
place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so.
Day Four 14 And Elohim said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to
separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark
seasons and days and years, Bereshith 1:14 Elohim said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years, 15 and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so. ~ynI)v'w> ~ymiÞy"l.W ~ydIê[]Amål.W ‘ttoaol le-ot, ule-moadim, ule-yamim, ve-shanim tAa n.m. sign -- 1. sign, pledge, token. 2. signs, omens promised by prophets as pledges of certain predicted events. d[eAm n.m. appointed time, place, meeting ~Ay n.m. day -- 1. day, opp. night. 2. Day as division of time: a. working-day hn"v' n.f. year -- year, as division of time; esp. of duration of life;
Day Five 20 And Elohim said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let
birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky."
Day Six 24 And Elohim said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to
their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild
animals, each according to its kind." And it was so.
Bereshith 1:26 Then Elohim said, "Let us make mankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth." 27 Elohim created mankind in his own image, in the image of Elohim he created them, male and female he created them. 28 Elohim blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground." ~l,c, n.m. image (something cut out, cf. ls,P,) -- 1. images of tumours and mice (of gold); esp. of heathen gods; of painted pictures of men. 2. image, likeness, of resemblance, of God's making man in his own image. tWmD> n.f. likeness, similitude (mostly late) -- 1. likeness, similitude, of external appearance (likeness, i.e. something that appeared like).
Bereshith 1:29 Then Elohim said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in it--I give every green plant for food." It was so. Day Seven 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast
array.
ab'c' n.m. army, war, warfare, host, array tb;v' vb. cease, desist, rest hk'al'm. n.f. occupation, work (for hk'a'l.m;) 1. occupation, business [%r;B'] vb. kneel, bless vd;q' vb. be set apart, consecrated, separated Sabbath is to be a “Shabbat Shabbaton” – a complete ceasing of occupation and labor, including business work, house work, preparing food. Sabbath is a sign (Hebrew ot) – Shemot 31 13 "Tell the sons of Yisrael, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahuwah who sanctifies you. Yechezqel 20 12 I also gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them, so that they would know that I, Yahuwah, make them set-apart. The very first mention of the seventh-day Sabbath is found right in the opening pages of your Bible! In the creation account, we are told that Elohim created and ordered heaven and earth in six days. All of the work of establishing plants, trees, flowers and all vegetation, and the forming of the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field and the fish of the sea were accomplished in these six days. Even mankind himself was formed from the elements of the ground on the sixth day. And Elohim had finished all the work of filling heaven and earth with all of its life forms during these six days. On the seventh day, Elohim ceased from all the activity of creating which he had been doing. He stopped working. The Hebrew word here translated ceased is tbv, (pronounced shabbat). Brown, Driver, Briggs translates this word as cease, desist, rest. The Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament renders our word as cease, desist, rest. And the Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament says this word means to cease, stop, rest, celebrate (i.e. "rest" as on the Sabbath day). It is easy to see how the term Shabbat or Sabbath came to be the name of the seventh day. The ceasing from all his work on the seventh day is the pattern which Elohim has established for mankind right from the beginning of mankind's existence on earth. Elohim sets the precedent in the beginning to show what the pattern is to be for the man who is made in his image - the seventh day is to be a day of ceasing, stopping and resting from the work of his hands. Just as Elohim rested on the seventh day and ceased from all of his labor, so mankind is to rest from all his work and stop doing the labor of his hands. In addition to ceasing from his work on the seventh day, we are told that Elohim blessed the seventh day and separated it. Many English Bible translations say something like, "he sanctified it" or "he made it holy." I find that most people don't understand what this means, because "holy" "sacred" and "sanctify" are words that don't have a common usage in the English language. They are abstract terms which seem to elude our understanding. In the Hebrew, the Scripture uses the word vdq, (pronounced kadesh). The BDB suggests the meaning of this root word is separation, withdrawal. HALOT defines it as holy, commanding respect, awesome, singled out, consecrated for. The TWOT renders our word be hallowed, holy, sanctified; to consecrate, sanctify, prepare, dedicate. Emerging from these abstract terms is the root idea of separating or setting apart of something. This is its true meaning, from which all the others words used to translate it are derived. The noun form of this root word therefore is translated separateness, apartness. And the adjectival form of this word should be properly rendered set-apart. What is the Scripture telling us? Elohim rested on the seventh day, and he separated this day from the others. He declared the Sabbath day to be special and blessed. What was the reason for this special declaration regarding the seventh day? Elohim was giving special purpose and significance to this day of the week apart from the others. God's blessing and sanctifying the day, meant that He separated it from a common to a religious use, to be a perpetual memorial or sign that all who thus observe it would show themselves to be the worshipers of that God who made the world in six days and rested on the seventh. (Binney's Theological Compend, pp. 169,170, quoted in Anderson, p.151) The One who created the heavens and the earth and all the living inhabitants thereof was establishing a permanent memorial of his creative acts by establishing the seventh day as that time when all mankind is to stop all his activity to honor and acknowledge the Creator of all. The Sabbath, then, is a kind of Proclamation of Yahuwah's greatness and Lordship over all creation. Those who observe the rest of the seventh day are submitting to the established pattern and will of Elohim for mankind. It is the day when all people are commanded to stop their laboring to admire the Creator and honor him with their allegiance. 4 This is the account of the heavens and the
earth when they were created. When Yahuwah Elohim made the earth and the
heavens-- Bereshith 2:7 Yahuwah Elohim formed (yatsar) the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. vp,n< n.f. soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion 2:5 The earth was without plants, shrubs, trees. Yahuwah planted the garden. Bereshith 2:15 Yahuwah Elohim took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for and maintain it. x;Wn “nu-ach” vb. rest -- Qal 1. rest, settle down and remain 19 Yahuwah Elohim formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found. This was before the woman was created. This is a hint of the authority placed in the man
Bereshith 2:21 So Yahuwah Elohim caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then Yahuwah Elohim built (banah) a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." 24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become as one flesh. The woman was built from the man, taken, literally, out of his side. Thus, they began as one flesh. And a man and a woman (married) are to be regarded as one flesh. Teaching about submissiveness of a woman to her husband is based upon her being taken out of the side of the man, and therefore being a part of the man. 2:25 The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed. Naked: bare, not covered by clothing, lacking foliage or vegetation; of animals, lacking an external covering (as of hair, feathers, or shell); unadorned, scantily supplied or furnished; unarmed, defenseless 5 This is what Elohim Yahuwah
says-- he who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out
the earth and all that comes out of it, who gives breath to its people,
and life to those who walk on it: The Deception and Disobedience in the Garden
3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals Yahuwah
Elohim had made. He said to the woman, "Did Elohim really say, 'You must
not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
3:1 Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals… ~Wr[' adj. crafty, shrewd, sensible, prudent “Play on words” from ~Ar[', ~ro[' adj. naked … or is it the same word? 6 When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. The woman was deceived! The man was not.
The Role of Women in Marriage and in the Congregation is based upon “the beginning” The traditional arguments that Sha’uls teaching about women is based on culture miss the mark. This teaching about women’s roles is based on Scripture, on “the beginning.” Women should be silent in the congregation and should not be teaching men for the following Scripture reasons: 1. Man was created first, then the woman 1 Tim 2:11-13 11 A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first and then Chava. Cf. Ber 2:20 2. The woman was deceived, not the man 1 Tim 2:14 14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control. Cf. Ber 3:6 3. The woman was created from man and for man 1 Cor 11 3 But I want you to know that Messiah is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and Elohim is the head of Messiah. 7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and splendor of Elohim. But the woman is the splendor of the man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man. Cf. Ber 2:20-23 4.The Torah itself requires women to be in submission and therefore not to teach or exercise authority over a man 1 Cor 14: 33 for Elohim is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the congregations of the saints, 34 the women should be silent in the congregations, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the Torah says. Cf. 3:16
The Curses 1. The Serpent: 14 Yahuwah Elohim said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life. 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel." Her offspring = Messiah, the Seed, and all who belong to Him. There has always been hostility between deceivers and Yah’s people. Her offspring’s heel – Ya’acov means “supplanter, or rear guard but literally ‘heel’” 2. The Woman: 16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you." From lv;m' mashal - rule, have dominion, reign 3. The Man: 17 But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife (shema’ed the voice) and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return."
Gan Eden – the place where Yahuwah dwells? Sentries were placed before its entrance - 24 When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life. From bWrK. Cherub, Cherubim are mentioned first as angelic guardians of Paradise lost (Gen 3:24). Next they appear as winged figures of pure gold facing each other and overshadowing the atonement cover (NIV - the KJV is mercy seat, Exo 25:20). They were also a prominent figure in the decorations of the tabernacle curtains (Exo 26:1, 31). Nothing is said here of their shape except that they had faces, presumably human, and wings. Significantly, Exo 25:22 says that God will speak with men from above (m¢±al) the atonement cover from between the cherubim (so also Num 7:89) Gen. 3:24; Exod. 25:18ff, 22; 26:1, 31; 36:8, 35; 37:7ff; Num. 7:89; 1 Sam. 4:4; 2 Sam. 6:2; 22:11; 1 Ki. 6:23ff, 32, 35; 7:29, 36; 8:6f; 2 Ki. 19:15; 1 Chr. 13:6; 28:18; 2 Chr. 3:7, 10ff; 5:7f; Ezr. 2:59; Neh. 7:61; Ps. 18:11; 80:2; 99:1; Isa. 37:16; Ezek. 9:3; 10:1ff, 14ff, 18ff; 11:22; 28:14, 16; 41:18, 20, 25 4:1 Adam lay with his wife Chava, and she
became pregnant and gave birth to Qayin. She said, "With the help of
Yahuwah I have brought forth a man."
The Fam, 4:1-16 hW"x; chava life, but could also mean “village”! !yIq; kayin - lance, spear Havel from lb,h, (hevel) vapor, breath\ Verse 3 “at the end of days” – was this the first “Yom Kippur”? The offerings – a grain offering, an animal offering Why was Havel’s offering accepted? Why not Kayin’s?
Sin and its Results 7 Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate (mashal) you, but you must suppress it." 8 Kayin said to his brother Havel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Kayin attacked his brother Havel and killed him. Jealousy, envy, anger leads to murder. Note: Yahuwah is still walking and talking with men The punishment of Kayin: what is the mark?
Kayin’s Family Line and their Accomplishments 4:17-24
Seth’s (Adam’s) Family Line 4:25-5:32 tve_ “shet” from tyvi ”sheet” put, set, derivates include “foundation” Shet was the father of Noach Shet appears to be the righteous family line – his offspring was the only righteous one on earth when Yahuwah decided to judge all 5:1 This is the
written account of Adam's line. When Elohim created man, he made him in
the likeness of Elohim. This family line is the line of righteous descendants of Adam who passed on the teachings about Elohim and his righteousness. 6:1 When men
began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to
them,
Prophetic End Time Shadows in the Torah Parashah
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