Noah, a righteous man who walked with God (Gen 6-11)

[Ben Abraham]

PARASHAH; “Noach” (Gen 6:9-11:32)

GENESIS 6:9-11:32

The Torah says; “Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generation, and Noah walked with Elohim”

Noah was a “Tzadik” a righteous man. This is a powerful statement since, in his days, the whole populated earth was corrupt, yet he and his family decided against “going with the flow” and decided to follow YHVH in His ways.

The name “Noach” in Hebrew only has 2 letters. The “Nun” and the “Chet” if the name is reversed, putting the “Chet” first and then the “Nun” we get the word “Chen” which means “grace” the name “Noach” sums “58” in gematria, so does the phrase “Yah Gadol” (Great is God) So we have the “God who is Great” who shows “grace” to Noah, who is righteous in the face of a corrupt, fallen world of evil men, women, and giants.

We know the story, it is one of the most popular stories from the Bible. Elohim decides to destroy the world with a flood of waters, saving only Noah and his family, and representatives of the animal kinds. He is commanded to build an ark, a “floating barge” a rectangular box-car type of vessel. In feet, it measured 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had rooms or animal stalls, three floors, a door in the side, and ventilation all around.

We could also say that the name "Noach" (Nun and Chet) symbolizes in Paleo-Hebrew, "Life and a Fence" Could we say that the ark itself served as a "closed fence" which maintained Noah and his family with life for a whole year?
Using biblical measurements, it was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. A cubit is about 18 inches, it would be from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle finger (more or less). The total was 380 cubits, length + width + height = 380. In Hebrew letters, this sum would equal “Sheen + Pey” with the symbolism of “The all-consuming fire speaks” Elohim is about to judge and tear up the world with a watery judgment, and he speaks to Noah, who is the only one faithful to HIM.

Now, we can see something else in these numbers. The “area” of the ark, using the original Biblical measurement of the cubit would be 300 x 50 x30 = 450,000 square cubits in area. We see the numbers 4, 5, and 0. If we look at the symbolism of these numbers, we see 4 (earth) 5 (grace), and 0 (eternity). Is it possible that Adonai is saying, through these measurements, that in spite of earth’s judgment (through the flood) grace will be given (to Noach) because he is a “Tzadik” a righteous man? Grace is indeed “eternal”

He also says to seal it within and without with “pitch” or “tar” which would make it water-proof. It is interesting that the Hebrew word is “K’fer” very similar to “Kafar” which is “covering” this word is used during “Yom Kippur”. During Yom Kippur, the blood of the animals “covered” the sins of the people for one year. This “covering” on the ark would also “seal” Noah and his family inside the ark for the same amount of time, for a year.

The ark was a safe haven for Noach and his family, as YESHUA is our “ark of safety” and we are “sealed” with his Ruach HaKodesh. Outside, the world is judged, yet we are safe inside the love and shalom of Yeshua

The world would perish under the water judgment, yet YHVH would make a “brit” (covenant) with Noach and his family. They would be safe and sound, and of course dry inside the ark for a year. The word for “ark” in Hebrew is “Teivah” it has three Hebrew letters; “Tav” “Beit” and “Hey”. The ancient Hebrew meaning of these letters together would be “behold the house of the covenant” The ark would be their house for one year a temporary house that was under God’s “covenant”.

The only other place in the Torah where the word “Teivah” appears is in Exodus 2:3 when Miriam, the sister of Moshe, makes an “ark” (Teivah) and places Moshe inside the ark and places it in the Nile River. There is parallelism between Moshe and Noach! Both were placed inside “Teivot” (arks) which were simply rectangular boxes made to float on water. Both were guided by HaShem and brought to a specific place. Moshe was brought to the palace steps to be received by pharaoh’s daughter. Noach was brought to the mountains of Ararat (in Turkey). Moshe was a righteous man as well as Noach. Moshe was the redeemer of the Jewish people in Egypt and led them out of slavery. Noach redeemed ALL of mankind through his own DNA, thus preserving the human race.

Inside the ark, the DNA for all humankind would be safe. Had not YHVH chosen to save Noah and his family, and instead, destroy all of humankind, today, we would probably be plants, trees, or flowers. Also remember that in the days before the flood, it never rained from the sky, but from under the ground. When the rains finally came, the people outside the ark probably freaked out big time!

 

[Ben Abraham]

Another thing we can note about the ark is that was divided into three parts. The bottom deck (where probably all the heavier animals were kept) a middle deck and the top deck (where Noach and his family probably lived). The Tabernacle was also divided into three parts, the outer court, the inner court, and the Holy of Holies, where the “Ark of the Covenant was kept”

We can also see three parts of the “Ark of the Covenant” (the outside, the inside, and the cover) “Elohim” is “Three” the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Av, Ben, Ruach HaKodesh. The Spirit of Elohim lived within the Ark of the Covenant, the Tabernacle, and of course, was with Noach and his family, inside the ark.

There were two Tzadikim (righteous men) mentioned in the first few chapters of Genesis. They BOTH have the same letters that make up their names! Chanokh (Enoch) and Noach (Noah) both have the “Nun” “Vav” and “Chet” in common. If we look at the symbolism in ancient Hebrew, we could read “Noach” as “life is attached to the fence” So, what could that mean? Here’s a possibility; That the life that Adonai wants us to enjoy, as righteous ones, must be within the parameters of the Torah, which is the fence. Anything outside the fence would be the pleasures of the lost world, and all of its corruption. That is why the world was destroyed and Noach and his family saved. They went through judgment by water (inside the protection of the ark) yet were not affected by the flood.

We read that animal representatives of each animal kind entered the ark. Two of each “unclean” kind came into the ark, and fourteen of the “clean” animals, such as sheep, goats, cows, bulls, buffalo, deer, moose, elk, etc., or seven pairs of each. Later on, we find out why? They would be used for eating purposes and for sacrifices, so, there would have to be a lot of them on the earth. Dinosaurs? Yes, they came on board, probably the young ones that were still babies. The word “dinosaur” is a modern word, back then the word “dragon” was used for dinos.

We read that when Noah finished building the ark, which took 120 years, he took enough food to last a year, and when the animals got on board they settled down. Some might have gone into hibernation status. Then, after a period of seven days of waiting, 7:16 says “and YHVH shut him in” This means that “God himself shut the outside door”. The period of grace was over, death and judgment would begin. It is interesting to see that the name of God up to this point is “Elohim” but now, the letters YHVH are used to indicate that the loving nature of Adonai, in his perfect and holy name, secure Noah and his family inside HIS ark of safety.

Every human being on this earth is under a period of grace when we can come into the presence of Adonai and enter into the “ark of salvation” which is Yeshua. After our physical death, our fate is sealed, judgment will fall. Eternal condemnation in the lake of fire for the lost, and for believers, our “works” will be judged where we will either receive or lose rewards, yet we ourselves will inherit eternal life with the King of Kings, and LORD of Lords.

The WORD says that it rained for 40 days and nights. “40” is the number of “judgment and testing,” it says that the waters rose above the highest mountains 22 feet. This proves that it was a “universal flood” not a local flood. During this time, there was a lot of seismic activity, shifting of the earth's continents, creating new mountain chains and ridges. We have no idea how the pre-diluvian earth looked like, but after the flood, Noach and his family stepped out into a strange and different world.

The floodwaters were upon the earth for a year, and the Word says that in the seventh month and on the seventeenth day of that month (Tishrei) the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat. Isn’t it surprising that the ark came to rest on dry land during the third day of Sukkot! Noah’s “Sukkah” received “shalom” and on the first day of the first month “Nissan” “New Year’s Day” the waters had completely dried up on the earth.

This is very significant because the whole earth is starting anew, a new year for a renewed earth. So, Noah and his family leave the ark and start life anew. About 4000 years later, a Turkish countryman and his son, and later the Tzar’s army soldiers found the ark halfway sticking out of an ice glacier on Mt. Ararat. They took measurements and explored it, so, Yes, it was found.

Noah and his family left the ark, and the first thing Noah did was to build an altar and sacrifice clean animals. Here again, is the burnt offering to remind us of our sinful nature. After the flood was when God gave permission to eat the flesh of clean animals, before, mankind was vegetarian. Yes, Noah was a Tzadik, a righteous man yet he still had his sin nature. He planted a vineyard and got drunk from the wine he made.

Ham, one of the sons of Noah saw his father naked inside his tent. We do not know what happened, if he just saw him naked, or…perhaps…committed some kind of perverse sexual thing on Noah, we only know that the Torah says that when Noah awakened from his drunkenness he discovered what his son had “done unto him”(9:24) implying that something was “done” Ham did not just “see” his father naked. The result is that Noah was angry and cursed “Canaan” Ham’s son.

Now, we don’t understand why the grandson had to suffer for what his father had done. Doesn’t seem fair, well, life ISN’T fair. It never has been. We’re living in a lost and dying world, a world that is going down the tubes. One thing is that Noah had already blessed his sons, and being blessed, you cannot take the blessing from them. Are there any Canaanites alive today? I would say not. They ended up being a perverse, vial people.

Now the world becomes populated again. People start moving around from the three sons of Noah; Shem, Ham, and Japheth. From these three sons, we get the three main people groups of the world. “Shem” the Semites, “Ham” the Hamites which went down toward Africa, and “Japheth” who brought about the European peoples. One of the popular names from Japheth is “Ashkenaz” who was the father, one could say, of the Ashkenazim East European Jews later on. “Tubal” = Tobolsk (in Russia) “Meshek” = Moscow (Russia)

Another name is “Nimrod” who came from “Ham” and also “Mizraim” (Egypt) and “Cush” (Ethiopia, Sudan) Nimrod founded Babylon. From here we get the division of the world languages. At that time, the descendants of Noah spoke only one language, probably Hebrew, The people under Nimrod contracted a bad disease, namely “US-itess” “Let US build US a city let US make US a name least WE be scattered abroad the earth” (11:4) the direct opposite of what YHVH ordered them to do, to “multiply and fill the earth again with people! The flood taught them nothing! They continued to rebel.

The Torah says that YHVH gave them new languages. According to scholars, from one language came 70 languages then, and 70 people groups. So, they left Babel and went off into different directions to repopulate the earth, so that is how languages started. They were complete with grammar, syntax, many even with written words.

Today, there are a lot more than 70 languages, but no matter what language a person speaks, YHVH knows his name in ALL languages, and ALL who call upon the NAME of the LORD will be saved! When a person prays to receive Yeshua as LORD and Savior, no matter what the language is, HE will HEAR and come into that person’s life! Remember, HE is the author of ALL languages of the world.

 

[tv1984]

You must be referencing a Masoretic edition. I shall take up the Alexandrian version, which version was extant and accessible throughout the synagogues of old, especially in the writings of Moses, and enjoy an unbroken transmission.

The Alexandrian translators, who are understood to have been Hellenist Jews, adhered closely to the letter in rendering their translation.

As for Moses, who was educated and tutored in the house of Pharao from his youth, employed the weights, standards, and measurements of the Egyptians at the time. These very things were understood by the children of Israel, and must have in turn been employed by the very same nation, then oppressed and given over to slavery under the Pharao himself. I make this remark as the Arc of Noah sits high upon the (old) Armenian mountain range and answers to the cubit according to the Egyptian measurement, as it has been reported.

Unsure of the sources which you employed in your commentary above, I shall make my reference to the Greek upon the composition of the ark. In that text, there are three components to the Arc: the ship, the roof made apart, and the entrance, which, could have been a ramp or boarding bridge, later jettisoned when the Lord God sealed them inside. This separate component, the roof, did Noah have to break up to make his egress, and was and must have been that by which the Lord God sealed him inside.

I bring this to your attention as the Interpretation of Jerom, the Latin Vulgate, departs from the Greek text in this particular, and purports a hatch in the side of the arc, rather. To me this is untenable, for several reasons. The arc, as it rests today, is sunken in tons of sediment, which had to settle before Noah could be instructed by the Lord God to egress out of the arc. The arc was buoyant an entire year, which a hatch constructed of wood and sealed with mortar would inevitably leak, and hazard the safety of all aboard. The Lord God instructed Noah to enter the arc, never to seal it, for that the Lord God performed himself. It is this particular that makes the salvation of eight souls so miraculous, the which I am persuaded, Jerome never conceded to, for he professed himself a Roman philosopher, a Ciceronian to be exact, as it is reported. Yet, Jerom overlooked the account given where Noah had to break-up the roof of the arc, that very component which Noah had assembled apart, to the cubit, whereby their protection from the waters would be secured to them.

I do not find dinosaurs in the account of the animals presented to Noah. "Creepy things" are 'moving things which move' in the Greek, most likely insects and small critters. Jerom renders in its place "reptiles", which we look at today as being amphibians, predominately, but not to the Latin of that time. It is likely the dinosaurs were not permitted to continue upon the earth, thus, they were left behind. A determination of the Lord God, not Noah's. But this is irrelevant and merely conjecture. I only conjecture because many antediluvian settlements maintain the appearance in enclosing her inhabitants from the violence of the earth with heavy fortifications, probably on account of violent creatures wandering about.

A quick detour from the texts, and merely a remark; there are antediluvian structures scattered across the earth, at all elevations and even under the sea. The evidence of immense pressure, sediment, and sea fossils in all places and layers of earth attest to the flood. Turkey hosts many artifacts of these "squished" mud buildings now mineralized and wooden structures now petrified. Yonaguni is 25 meters under the sea off the coast of Okinawa Japan. Peru at elevation has many antediluvian structures.

Onto Ham (Cham). He received, along with his brethren Sem and Iapheth, blessing from the Lord God. Noah cursed his (Ham's youngest) son Canaan (Chanaan) for it was fitting to curse the one responsible. We know that Noah was a just man before the Lord God. Moses, as translated by the Hellenists at Alexandria, does not delineate everywhere the proximity of relation a son possess with his lineage. It is apparent that Noah disinherited this grandson of his, Canaan, where he was conscribed not to flourish yet to be sustained until his death by the house with which was entrusted his inheritance: the house of Sem. Canaan rebelled against the malediction, as we read, and he became a people. The deed of Ham, when he saw his son inside the tent of his father (Canaan's grandfather) was to quickly remove him and conceal him and his misconduct. For what motive, it is unknown. But to quickly escort Canaan from the area, and to avoid detection, Ham discovered only his father's nakedness to his brethren without, and was effective in detouring their attention upon the boy. Only did Noah realize the misdeed, and therefore, justly, disinherited the boy.

A tiny note, but I am under conviction that the wife of Ham held prejudices against Noah's God, and employed her household (were she could effect it) to rebel. This is why her grandson Nimrod (Nebrod) is styled by our historian as the dog-leader. A hunter, a territorial tyrant (Giant in the Greek text), an establisher of cities, confederate among themselves, which might have been the very seed of that model government later detailed in the eleventh chapter of Genesis. A government established by man's law, and not under God. But I digress...

The Greek word, 'gigas' is found throughout the book of Genesis (as it does to define Nebrod). This seems to me to be synonymous with tyrant. Reverting back to the antediluvian settlements, these tyrants must have had similar intentions to those of confederate cities found with Nimrod, Babel (the Syngysis 'mixed-up/confused'), Ur, etc. In fact, these Giants rose up out of the lineage of Seth! For they were the product of that house and the house of Cain. The children of God (Seth) went in into the daughters of men (rebellious Cain). It was on account of this God gave men 120 years to repent of this very act, fornication with the apostates. Noah was no giant, he was just in his generation, meaning, he served God and was an unstained decedent. He did not suffer pollution from a corrupted house, nor did he turn from the real God. So a Giant is one who must be apostate and corrupted by their father's house. Perhaps the term tyrant would not comprehend this all the time, although it might. Then again, the translators adhered closely to the text which they met with. Is it possible Moses conceived the giant to be one who made themselves larger than God Almighty?

Understanding this much, I cannot subscribe to "giants" in the super-human sense. If there is any 'evidence' out there, chances are it is manufactured. A giant man can only mean a man who is (a) physically larger than average, and there are and have been, or (b) too big for his shoes, i.e. his ego, as must be the case for those above described.

 

[Robert Gwin]

PARASHAH; “Noach” (Gen 6:9-11:32)

GENESIS 6:9-11:32

The Torah says; “Noah was a righteous man, perfect in his generation, and Noah walked with Elohim”

Noah was a “Tzadik” a righteous man. This is a powerful statement since, in his days, the whole populated earth was corrupt, yet he and his family decided against “going with the flow” and decided to follow YHVH in His ways.

The name “Noach” in Hebrew only has 2 letters. The “Nun” and the “Chet” if the name is reversed, putting the “Chet” first and then the “Nun” we get the word “Chen” which means “grace” the name “Noach” sums “58” in gematria, so does the phrase “Yah Gadol” (Great is God) So we have the “God who is Great” who shows “grace” to Noah, who is righteous in the face of a corrupt, fallen world of evil men, women, and giants.

We know the story, it is one of the most popular stories from the Bible. Elohim decides to destroy the world with a flood of waters, saving only Noah and his family, and representatives of the animal kinds. He is commanded to build an ark, a “floating barge” a rectangular box-car type of vessel. In feet, it measured 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had rooms or animal stalls, three floors, a door in the side, and ventilation all around.

We could also say that the name "Noach" (Nun and Chet) symbolizes in Paleo-Hebrew, "Life and a Fence" Could we say that the ark itself served as a "closed fence" which maintained Noah and his family with life for a whole year?
Using biblical measurements, it was 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high. A cubit is about 18 inches, it would be from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle finger (more or less). The total was 380 cubits, length + width + height = 380. In Hebrew letters, this sum would equal “Sheen + Pey” with the symbolism of “The all-consuming fire speaks” Elohim is about to judge and tear up the world with a watery judgment, and he speaks to Noah, who is the only one faithful to HIM.

Now, we can see something else in these numbers. The “area” of the ark, using the original Biblical measurement of the cubit would be 300 x 50 x30 = 450,000 square cubits in area. We see the numbers 4, 5, and 0. If we look at the symbolism of these numbers, we see 4 (earth) 5 (grace), and 0 (eternity). Is it possible that Adonai is saying, through these measurements, that in spite of earth’s judgment (through the flood) grace will be given (to Noach) because he is a “Tzadik” a righteous man? Grace is indeed “eternal”

He also says to seal it within and without with “pitch” or “tar” which would make it water-proof. It is interesting that the Hebrew word is “K’fer” very similar to “Kafar” which is “covering” this word is used during “Yom Kippur”. During Yom Kippur, the blood of the animals “covered” the sins of the people for one year. This “covering” on the ark would also “seal” Noah and his family inside the ark for the same amount of time, for a year.

The ark was a safe haven for Noach and his family, as YESHUA is our “ark of safety” and we are “sealed” with his Ruach HaKodesh. Outside, the world is judged, yet we are safe inside the love and shalom of Yeshua

The world would perish under the water judgment, yet YHVH would make a “brit” (covenant) with Noach and his family. They would be safe and sound, and of course dry inside the ark for a year. The word for “ark” in Hebrew is “Teivah” it has three Hebrew letters; “Tav” “Beit” and “Hey”. The ancient Hebrew meaning of these letters together would be “behold the house of the covenant” The ark would be their house for one year a temporary house that was under God’s “covenant”.

The only other place in the Torah where the word “Teivah” appears is in Exodus 2:3 when Miriam, the sister of Moshe, makes an “ark” (Teivah) and places Moshe inside the ark and places it in the Nile River. There is parallelism between Moshe and Noach! Both were placed inside “Teivot” (arks) which were simply rectangular boxes made to float on water. Both were guided by HaShem and brought to a specific place. Moshe was brought to the palace steps to be received by pharaoh’s daughter. Noach was brought to the mountains of Ararat (in Turkey). Moshe was a righteous man as well as Noach. Moshe was the redeemer of the Jewish people in Egypt and led them out of slavery. Noach redeemed ALL of mankind through his own DNA, thus preserving the human race.

Inside the ark, the DNA for all humankind would be safe. Had not YHVH chosen to save Noah and his family, and instead, destroy all of humankind, today, we would probably be plants, trees, or flowers. Also remember that in the days before the flood, it never rained from the sky, but from under the ground. When the rains finally came, the people outside the ark probably freaked out big time!

Noah was a fine example to follow Ben. We see very clearly why Jehovah was pleased with Noah found in Gen 6:22, "He did just so". Noah did all that He commanded him to do, exactingly. Of course none of us are perfect including Noah, but being preserved through the next destruction as Noah was, we to have to do the will of Jehovah to the best of our ability. Mat 7:21