Looking for Genesis

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

MatthewG said:
Good break downs, very useful and also insightful to help me see that there is a format that can be used to also help in teaching.

- It is always a pleasure when it can help!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 22, we see David who keeps following Yah.weh!
He goes where he is told to go by Yah.weh’s prophet!
On the contrary, Saul does according to his own will!
He keeps going away from Yah.weh!
When he is told about Ahimelec, he wants him and all the priests of his father’s house to be brought to him!
And he accused him of conspiracy!
He doesn’t care about what Ahimelec says!
And Saul tells his guards to kill Ahimelec and all the priests of Yah.weh!
He opposes Yah.weh, he fights Yah.weh!
And he thinks he won’t have a very bad end!
This attitude is so usual!
And then people are surprised when they have a very bad end!
How blind!
But so was Israel!
And Judah !
And mankind!
And as if it was not enough, he strikes Nob the city of the priests and destroys everything!
Men, women, children, infants and animals!
But he will pay for that and his sons too!
Yah.weh’s justice!
And Yah.weh’s day won’t be different!
Yah.weh’s justice!
It won’t be any surprise even if for the majority it will be a surprise!
But it is written everywhere in the Bible!
Always the same warning!
And they don’t listen!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 22, after the murders of the priests, one son of Ahimelec can escape and goes to David!
And David tells him that he will be under his protection!
David adds he is responsible for the murders because he saw Doeg and he knew he was going to tell Saul!
Thus David assumes his responsibilities!
He is a man of honor!
But he will become king!
And gradually he will lose this quality!
It is something difficult to get!
But when you get power, it is also easy to lose!
It is like accurate knowledge!
It is hard to get it!
You need to study the Bible a lot!
Because the Bible is multidimensional!
But it is difficult to understand that!
People usually prefer to stay at the surface!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 23, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah!
So David asks Yah.weh if he must fight against them!
And Yah.weh tells him to go!
But his men are afraid!
So David asks Yah.weh a second time!
And Yah.weh tells him to go!
There we can see that David tries his best to follow Yah.weh’s will!
He does not do it according to his own will!
But when he becomes king, gradually he will start to act according to his own will and not according to Yah.weh’s will!
And then he will get into big trouble!
We must not forget the example of David!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 23, Saul knows that David is in Keilah!
And he thinks that Yah.weh has handed him over to him because he has trapped himself in the city!
How is it possible to think that way?
Yah.weh has rejected him!
David has always escaped his attempts to kill him!
People always make a film in their heads!
But if you don’t make Yah.weh’s will, you can forget it!
Same with mankind!
On the contrary, David asks Yah.weh what the leaders of Keilah will do and if Saul will come against him!
And Yah.weh tells him what’s going to happen!
So David leaves the city with his men and escapes!
Finally, Saul hears about David's escape so he doesn’t come against him!
Two completely different attitudes!
We should remember this episode!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 23, David keeps hiding in the wilderness!
Saul keeps searching for him!
But Yah.weh doesn’t give him into his hands!
Jonathan goes to meet David at Horesh and encourages him!
He tells him he will be king of Israel!
Then they make a covenant before Yah.weh!
Some men come to Saul and tell him where David is!
And he asks them to find out exactly where he is!
Then he will go with them!
Then Saul chases after David!
He gets pretty close to David!
Then a messenger comes to Saul to tell him that the philistines have made a raid on the land!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 24, David keeps hiding in the wilderness!
When Saul returns from pursuing the Philistines, he starts again searching after David!
He takes 3,000 men with him!
David and his men are hiding in the cave!
Saul is near the cave and he wants to relieve himself!
David’s men want to take advantage of the situation and kill Saul!
And David cuts off the edge of Saul’s sleeveless coat!
But he prevents his men from killing Saul because he is the anointed of Yah.weh!
Then David calls out after Saul and shows him the edge of his coat he has just cut!
Then Saul begins to weep loudly!
And Saul goes back home and David his way!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

Coming back to 1 Samuel Chapter 25 and the event related to Nabal:
Because of Nabal’s attitude, David was to kill him and all his men!
But he didn’t do it because of Nabal’s wife!

Maybe you remember that Yah.weh prevented David from building his temple because he was a soldier and he spent a big part of his life making war!
Jesus clearly said a Christian can’t do that!
In fact, everything we hear in the first part of the Bible has nothing but nothing to do with what a Christian must or mustn’t do!
THUS WHEN PEOPLE USE THE FIRST PART OF THE BIBLE TO JUSTIFY ANY PRACTICE IS TOTALLY WRONG AND HAS NOTHING BUT NOTHING TO DO WITH JESUS’ TEACHING!
I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE HOW IT IS POSSIBLE TO THINK ABOUT IT!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

In Chapter 26, David has another opportunity to kill Saul who is chasing him!
But he doesn’t do it because he is Yah.weh’s anointed!
He is ready to wait for Yah.weh to strike him!
And Saul leaves and David can keep on his way!
What a difference when he becomes king of Israel!
Here we get another warning!
What is the interest of looking for Yah.weh if we stop doing it!
FAITHFULNESS IS A WAY OF LIFE!
IT’S A STRAIGHT WAY!
ONLY FORWARDS!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

About David:

He became king over Israel!
Then he took the wife of another man!
And he had him killed!
Apparently, he had forgotten Yah.weh!
Just because he became important!
Apparently, it is something quite usual among human beings!
It shows how easy it is to change completely!
And to lose everything!

JLG · Jul 28, 2023

About Solomon:

Solomon asks Yah.weh for wisdom!
He builds Yah.weh’s temple!
He becomes very rich!
But it is never enough!
In the end, he gets 700 wives and 300 concibines!
Completely crazy!
And he starts following their gods!
And Yah.weh becomes furious at Solomon!
And he losts everything!
His descendants only keep one tribe because of David!
Otherwise they would have lost everything!
Man is so limited!
What a lesson!
Who cares?

JLG · Jul 29, 2023

About women in the Bible

But for Adam
וּלְאָדָ֕ם (ū·lə·’ā·ḏām)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

suitable
כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ (kə·neḡ·dōw)
Preposition-k | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

helper
עֵ֖זֶר (‘ê·zer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5828: A help, helper

was found.
מָצָ֥א (mā·ṣā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

Here the woman is called a suitable helper of man!
Only two words!
But two words with so meaningful meaning!
And completely different from man’s interpretation!
And it is always the same story!
It is strange to wonder why man needs his own interpretation away from Yah.weh!
It is a perpetual position which leads to nowhere, a dead end!
It seems to be that man takes pleasure in altering reality!
It is like the real world and the metaverse!
Man is unable to control the real world so he wants to develop a world in his image!
Thus corruption is a pandemic which destroys man!
It is a drug man can’t do without!
A MIRAGE!

JLG · Jul 29, 2023

2. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:21

So the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

caused
וַיַּפֵּל֩ (way·yap·pêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

the man
הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

to fall into
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

a deep sleep,
תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה (tar·dê·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8639: A lethargy, trance

and while he slept,
וַיִּישָׁ֑ן (way·yî·šān)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

He took
וַיִּקַּ֗ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

one
אַחַת֙ (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

of [the man’s] ribs
מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו (miṣ·ṣal·‘ō·ṯāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6763: A rib, a side, a, timber, plank

and closed up
וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר (way·yis·gōr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5462: To shut up, to surrender

the area
תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה׃ (taḥ·ten·nāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

with flesh.
בָּשָׂ֖ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

And Yah.weh took a rib from Adam and made Eve with it!
Of course, he could have made Eve without a part of Adam!
But the way he did tells a lot about his intention!
He wanted them to become one!

JLG · Jul 29, 2023

3. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:22

And from the rib
הַצֵּלָ֛ע (haṣ·ṣê·lā‘)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6763: A rib, a side, a, timber, plank

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֨ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

God
אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

had taken
לָקַ֥ח (lā·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

from
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the man,
הָֽאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

He made
וַיִּבֶן֩ (way·yi·ḇen)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a woman
לְאִשָּׁ֑ה (lə·’iš·šāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and brought
וַיְבִאֶ֖הָ (way·ḇi·’e·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

her to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

[him].
הָֽאָדָֽם׃ (hā·’ā·ḏām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

And he brought her to Adam!
Like something special!
Like a precious gift!
You look at Yah.weh’s act and then you think about what man has done with women!
It is disgusting!
Men and women are just goods!
Man’s society is just a consumer society!
Thus man spends his time buying goods!

JLG · Jul 30, 2023

4. About women in the Bible

Genesis 2:24

For
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

this reason
כֵּן֙ (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

a man
אִ֔ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

will leave
יַֽעֲזָב־ (ya·‘ă·zāḇ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

his father
אָבִ֖יו (’ā·ḇîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1: Father

and
וְאֶת־ (wə·’eṯ-)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

his mother
אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

and
וְהָי֖וּ (wə·hā·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

be united
וְדָבַ֣ק (wə·ḏā·ḇaq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1692: To impinge, cling, adhere, to catch by pursuit

to his wife,
בְּאִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (bə·’iš·tōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

and they will become one
אֶחָֽד׃ (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

flesh.
לְבָשָׂ֥ר (lə·ḇā·śār)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

Man and woman will be united!
They will become one flesh!
Simple and logical!
Clear like crystal!
But not for men!
For men, everything is complicated!
Or it seems they make everything complicated!
Men like to get into trouble!

JLG · Jul 31, 2023

5. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3

The serpent goes to Eve and asks her the question:

“Did God
אֱלֹהִ֔ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

really
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

say,
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘You must not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eat
תֹֽאכְל֔וּ (ṯō·ḵə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 398: To eat

of any
מִכֹּ֖ל (mik·kōl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

tree
עֵ֥ץ (‘êṣ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

in the garden?’”
הַגָּֽן׃ (hag·gān)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 1588: An enclosure, garden

Of course, he could only ask the question to Eve and not to Adam because Adam had received the commandment directly from Yah.weh!
The serpent first told her that she would not die!
Thus he accused Yah.weh of being a liar!
Whereas he was the liar!
Then he tried to attract her attention to something she didn’t have, the possibility to be like Yah.weh, having the knowledge of good and bad!
And Eve thought about it and decided to eat the fruit!
Then she gave it to her husband!
It was her personal choice!
It was her free will!
She had no excuse!
In fact, it was the same with Adam!
They were perfect but it didn’t prevent them from going away from Yah.weh!
What about us?
We make our own choices!
We can’t accuse others if we do something wrong or if we do nothing because of the others!
We must check!

JLG · Aug 1, 2023

6. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3

There are consequences to Adam and Eve’s rebellion!

Genesis 3:16

To
אֶֽל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the woman
הָאִשָּׁ֣ה (hā·’iš·šāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

He said:
אָמַ֗ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“I will sharply
הַרְבָּ֤ה (har·bāh)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

increase
אַרְבֶּה֙ (’ar·beh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

your pain
עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ (‘iṣ·ṣə·ḇō·w·nêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6093: Worrisomeness, labor, pain

in childbirth;
וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ (wə·hê·rō·nêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 2032: Conception, pregnancy

in pain
בְּעֶ֖צֶב (bə·‘e·ṣeḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6089: An earthen vessel, toil, a pang

you will bring forth
תֵּֽלְדִ֣י (tê·lə·ḏî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

children.
בָנִ֑ים (ḇā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1121: A son

Your desire
תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ (tə·šū·qā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8669: A longing

[will be] for
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

your husband,
אִישֵׁךְ֙ (’î·šêḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

and he
וְה֖וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

{will} rule
יִמְשָׁל־ (yim·šāl-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign

over you.”
בָּֽךְ׃ (bāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

And we can still see such consequences today!
We must remember them as a warning!

JLG · Aug 2, 2023

7) About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 3:20

Adam’s wife received the name of Eve because she became the mother of all human beings!

She made a personal choice and it had many consequences on mankind!

Of course, Adam could have decided to stay faithful to Yah.weh!

And it would have changed everything!

But he decided to follow his wife in her rebellion!

Once again, it shows that WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHOICES WE MAKE!

AND WE CAN’T ACCUSE THE OTHERS!

IT DOESN’T WORK!

JLG · Aug 3, 2023

8. About women in the Bible

Genesis chapter 4:17

Caïn has sexual relations with his wife and she gives birth to Enoch!

Genesis 4:19

Lamech takes two wives!

Genesis 4:25

Adam has sexual relations with his wife and she gives birth to Seth!
She is not called by her name!

JLG · Aug 4, 2023

9. About women in the Bible

Genesis 5:4

- We are told that Adam had sons and daughters!

Genesis 5:7

- The same expression is used for Seth!
- And it is the same in all of chapter 5!

Genesis 6:1

- Daughters are born to men!

Genesis 6:2

- They are beautiful!
- And the sons of God see them!
- And they take them as wives!

- Then the whole story of men is a repetition!

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