Beresheeth / (Genesis) 37:1 – 40:23
By Matthew Moshe Nolan
Beresheeth/Genesis 37:1: Vayeshev Ya’akov be’eretz megurei aviv be’eretz K’na’an.
Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s residence, in the land of Kenaan.
2 This is the history of Yaakov: Yosef, at the age of seventeen years, would tend the sheep with his brothers, and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. Yosef brought back bad reports about them ...
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Beresheeth / Genesis 32:4 – 36:43
By Matthew Moshe Nolan
Beresheeth/Genesis 32:4: Vayishlach Yaakov malachim lefanav el-Esav achiv artzah Se’ir sdeh Edom.
Yaakov sent messengers ahead of him to Esav, his brother, to the Land of Seir, to the field of Edom.
5 He commanded them saying, “This is what you should say to my master, Esav. ‘Your servant, Yaakov says, I lived as a stranger with Lavan, and was delayed ...
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By Matthew Moshe Nolan
~ For Shiloh ~
Beresheeth/Genesis 49:10: Lo-yasur shevet mi-Yehudah umechokek mibeyn raglav ad ki-yavo shiloh velo yichah am.
The scepter shall not depart from Yahudah nor a lawgiver from between His feet, until Shiloh comes; to Him shall the gathering of the nations be.
I want to make the distinction between the body and the bride – the bride (Chavah/Eve) is the bone that is taken out of the body (Ahdahm/Adam) – the body ...
Continue Reading →Beresheeth / Genesis 25:19 – 28:9
By Matthew Moshe Nolan
Beresheeth/Genesis 25:19: Ve’eleh toldot Yitzchak ben-Avraham Avraham holid et-Yitzchak.
These are the descendants of Yitzchak son of Avraham. Avraham was the father of Yitzchak.
20 Yitzchak was forty years old when he took Rivkah, the daughter of Betuel, the Arammi, of Padan Aram, sister of Lavan, the Arami, for a wife. 21 Yitzchak prayed to YHWH on behalf of his wife, for she was barren. YHWH ...
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