GENESIS
CHAPTER THREE
The following is a
study I found by a Hebrew Theologian. It is reproduced here in its entirety.
I found it enlightening and I will comment on it at the end.
Paraphrased; Scripture underlined; Strong's Hebrew
Numbers in brackets.
Verse 1:
1. Paraphrased: And the whisperer (prognosticator)
was subtle, crafty, and cunning more than all the restored ones of the
4-cornered plat which Yahvah Elohiym
had appointed. And he boasted of himself to the distinguished woman, the mirror
image of the Iysh, the distinguished man: "Is it
agreed that Elohiym has commanded you shall not
become wise from any teacher of the fenced enclosure?"
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the serpent [#5175 nachash] to hiss, whisper,
prognosticate; foretell, predict, foreknowledge, literally "to know
before"; a presage or omen; i.e. a magician or sorcerer; an enchanter, or
one who "cants" (chants as to hypnotize), "to hiss like a
snake" -- this does not necessarily mean that there was actually a serpent
in the garden but rather one whose character was as a serpent; especially since
in the last chapter it has been noted that no "reptiles" or remes were
introduced into the 4-cornered plat --
was [1961] became or existed in
--
cunning [#6175 'aruwm] subtle, crafty, [from #6191 '
above all or every --
beast [#2416 chay] restored one --
of the field [#7704 sadeh] 4-cornered plat; i.e. the
"garden" or throne chariot --
which [#834 asher] --
the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430 Elohiym]
--
had made [#6213 'asah] appointed, accomplished, executed,
fashioned.
And he said [#559 'amar] in the negative sense to boast of oneself --
unto the Woman [#802 Ishshah] the distinguished and
separated woman; i.e. she was separated from "mankind" without the
garden, set apart, the mirror image of the Iysh, or
separated man, --
"is it so that [#637 'aph] also, accession; i.e. referring to
the act of coming into high power of office, assented, agreed --
God [#430 Elohiym] --
has said [#559 'amar] in the positive sense, commanded
--
You shall not [loh] eat [#398 'akal] learn or become wise --
from "any" [#3605 kol] (every) --
tree [#6086 'ets] teacher or carpenter (of words) --
of the garden?" [#1588 gan] the fenced enclosure of the
plat of land, the throne chariot --
Verse 2:
Paraphrased: And the
distinguished Woman answered and responded to the whisperer, the
prognosticator, the magician, "of the firstfruits
and reward of the teachers of the fenced enclosure we may learn."
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the woman [#802 Ishshah] the distinguished and separated woman --
said [#559 'amar] answered, responded --
to the serpent [#5175 nachash] whisperer, hisser,
prognosticator, enchanter --
"of the fruit [#6529 periy] bough, firstfruits,
reward [from #6509 parah]
fruitful, increased --
of the trees [#6086 'ets] teachers, carpenter, to be firm --
of the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure, the throne
chariot of Elohim --
we may eat [#398 'akal] consume, i.e. learn, become wise.
Verse 3:
Paraphrased: But of the
wisdom of the Teacher which is in the center of the fenced enclosure Elohiym has commanded not to learn of it nor shall you join
with it and be bodily sensual lest you be removed and become a necromancer,
worthy of death, and lose wisdom.
Word by word and
Explanation:
But of the fruit [#6529 periy as above] firstfruits or reward --
of the tree [#6086 'ets] Teacher --
which (is) [#834 asher] --
in the middle [#8432 tavek] a bisection, severed,
centre, middle, midst (thus both the
trees were connected between the heavens and the earth; the Tree of Life with
the heavens and the Tree of Ignorance with the grave and Hell) --
of the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure, the throne "room" or
Chariot Throne --
hath said [#559 'amar] commanded --
God [#430 Elohiym] --
"not [#3808 loh] shall you eat [#398 'akal] learn,
become wise --
of it nor shall you touch [#5060 naga'] lay hand upon, to join physically, or lie with; i.e. be bodily
sensual with, --
lest [#6435 pen] removal [from #6437 panah] to turn, to face, appear, look, cast out, empty,
mark, pass away, turn aside --
you die [#4191 muwth] be dead body, be dead, be
a necromancer, be worthy of death, lose wisdom.
Verse 4:
Paraphrased: And the
Enchanter, whisperer, hisser, or prognosticator boasted himself to the
distinguished woman (saying) surely you shall not physically die.
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the serpent [#5175 nachash] Enchanter, hisser,
whisperer, sorcerer, prognosticator --
said [#559 'amar] in the negative sense boasted self
--
to the Woman [#802 Ishshah] distinguished Woman: --
"Surely you shall not die" [#4191 muwth be dead body, be dead, be a
necromancer, be worthy of death, lose wisdom.]
The subtle one was a "musician", a "meditator", a soothsayer, an enchanter and a
"muse". He used "chanting" or "intonements"
(incantations) to seduce the Woman. To get back to the root word
"hisser" or "whisperer" Webster's dictionary gives this
etymology for the word "Music": Music - muse, meditate, euphony (euphonia = eu + phone, voice), a sweet or pleasing
sound, pleasing to the ear; a ban -
from bannan
meaning to summon or CURSE. The same as Gk. phanai - to say and (phone)
sound, voice, to prohibit, TO UTTER CURSES OR MALEDICTIONS; to meditate; i.e.
to engage in guiding others in contemplation; i.e. to TEMPT; a Boundary, to
measure or meditate, to dole out punishment; Muse - to GAPE, idle, meditate, to
wonder, marvel (after whom 9 goddesses of Greek mythology were a source of
"inspiration"): Wonder - to be curious, a MYSTERY (myein Gk - to be
closed as the lips), a private secret, a guild of occupation (Gk mysterion)
meaning keeping silence: i.e. WHISPERING; a magician's skill; thus the
"whisperer" imparted a "charm" to the woman -- he
"sang" to her; Sing = to chant, intone, to "buzz" - a
confused murmur; murmur or WHISPER: a
sibilant sound, which is from sibilare (Latin) meaning to HISS, to pronounce with a prefix
of an \s\sound - to HISS, prognostication, to divine, a soothsayer -- to
sedate; Sorcery, Necromancy, Magic -- soothsayer -- a person who sedates or
hypnotizes (magike
Gk.) -- to use charms or spells; enchantment, incantations; to enchant: chant,
bewitch, to rouse to ecstatic admiration -- CHANT -- to make (Gk. kanache Gk.) a
ringing sound -- to make melodic sound with the voice, to recite in a
monotonous repetitive tone, a song: to Ring -- to cause a sound by STRIKING,
gaze -- to FIX the eyes; i.e. gape, stare; a FIXED INTENT LOOK (Cain's name
also means all these things) -- hypnotic, mesmerism, spellbound, animal
magnetism, lust (overcome by suggestion), fascinate -- to transfix and hold
spellbound by an irresistible power, to charm, to captivate, BEWITCH -- to cast
a spell over -- to allure -- to entice by charm or attraction, the power of
fascination, to charm -- a chant or incantation, the chanting of a magical
spell or (an amulet) to practice magic, to attract -- to entice or draw, arouse
hope or desire; i.e. to TEMPT, LURE, SEDUCE, to draw with a hint of pleasure or
gain. As is seen by the foregoing, the "hisser" actually used some
form of music to seduce the Woman. Because of this, Cain was born. His name
means "fixity", a musical instrument, "to strike" (apparently,
a musical note). There can be little doubt that Cain (the maternal, not
paternal, twin of Abel) was indeed the "seed of
the serpent".
Verse 5:
Paraphrased: For Elohiym
perceives that in the day you learn of it, your physical sensations will open
and you will become fleshly sensitive and you shall exist as Elohiym, being aware of beauty AND sorrow, misery, adversity, etc.; i.e. not only would they
experience fleeting moments of beauty and peace; they would also experience
most of the time, misery, confusion, and adversity. (The word "evil"
as used in the sense of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil does not really
mean wickedness at all; it means wretchedness or misery, which in turn is
considered evil).
Word by word and
Explanation:
For God [#430 Elohiym] --
knows [#3045 'yada] knows by seeing, observes,
acknowledges, aware, perceives --
that in the day [#3117 yowm] --
you eat [#398 'akal] learn or become wise of it, --
your eyes [#5869 'ayin] fountain [i.e. physical menses]
thus physical sensations --
shall be opened [#6491 paqach] to open the
"senses" i.e. to become fleshly sensitive (or inherit a physical body
for which she will have traded her Spiritual immortal body), --
and you shall be [1961 hayah] exist --
as God [#430 Elohiym]-- i.e. as "judges",
discerners --
knowing [#3045 'yada] as above --
good [#2596 towb] beautiful, etc. --
and evil [#7451 ra'] adversity, sorrow, misery, etc.
Verse 6:
Paraphrased: And the Woman discerned, considered,
and had the experience and found that it was pleasant, sweet, etc. to the
physical senses, that the teacher was pleasant for pleasures of the flesh and
that it was coveted, delightful, delectable to the senses, that the
"outward appearance" rather than the Spirit was lusty and desirable,
a "charm" or enchantment to lust after, wish for, and covet to make
one intelligent for craftiness and for becoming subtle, and she seized its
rewards and learned; and she delivered up and slandered the assemblage and
gathering thereof unto the Iysh, the distinguished Man
with her and he learned the same (i.e. she learned both physical and spiritual
"lust").
Word by word and
Explanation:
And saw [#7200 ra'ah] discerned, enjoyed, beheld, considered, had the experience --
the Woman [#802 Ishshah] distinguished woman --
that good [#2896 towb] pleasant, sweet, etc. to
the senses --
(was) the tree [#6086 'ets] teacher, carpenter, firm one --
for food [#3978 ma'akal] flesh; this is a
different word for "food" --
and that it (was) pleasant [#2530 chamad] this is a different word
for "beautiful"; delectable, coveted, beauty, delight in --
to the eyes [#5869 'ayin] the fountains, "outward
appearance" (not the Spirit) --
and desirable [#8378 ta'avah] a longing, a lust,
desire, a "charm" [from #183 'avah] to lust after, wish for, to covet (covetous) --
to make wise [#7919 sakal; in the family of 'akal] for circumspection, intelligent for craftiness or
subtle, --
she took [#3947 laqach] seized, received,
accepted --
(of) its fruit [#6529 periy] bough, firstfruits,
rewards --
and ate [#398 'akal] learned, became wise; i.e. she
partook of spiritual and physical pleasure with the Enchanter --
and she gave [#5414 nathan] delivered up, brought
forth, bestowed, distributed, slandered --
also [#1571 gam] the assemblage, gathering --
unto her husband with her [#376 Iysh] the distinguished, valiant man --
and he ate [#398 'akal] learned, became wise also. After
she partook of the desires of the flesh, she seduced her husband and he then
partook as well. From these unions would come forth the children of sin: Cain
and Abel (whose name means emptiness, or vanity).
Verse 7: And the "outward appearance" was
opened to the senses of both of them (i.e. the mirror image of each other); and
they perceived then that they (like the "many" of mankind) were smooth,
cunning, crafty, and subtle [i.e. they realized they had become fleshly and
sinful]; And they fastened together a branch arising from the fig-tree and
fashioned for themselves restraints and armor.
Word by word and
Explanation:
And opened were [#6491 paqach] to open the senses,
observant --
the eyes [#5869 'ayin] "outward appearance" --
of both of them [#8147 shenayim/shettayim] the two; the
mirror image of each other --
and they knew that [#3045 'yada] perceived --
they (were) [#1992 hem/hemmah] many [from 1931 huw] --
naked [#5903 eyrom/erom] nude [from #6191 '
and they sewed [#8609 taphar] sew, sew together;
enclose or fasten by stitches --
leaves [#6929 'aleh] a leaf as coming up on a tree,
foliage, a branch [from #5927 'alah] ascending, arising --
of the fig-tree [#8384 te'en/te'enah] the fig tree --
and made [#6213 'asah] fashioned, dressed, appointed,
accepted --
for themselves girdles [#2290 chagorah] armor, belt for the
waist [from #2296 chagar]
be afraid, restrained, appointed, armor. In other words, they chose their own
"appointment". This appointment would necessarily include
"armor" since there would now be a need for war.
Verse 8:
Paraphrased: And they
discerned and heard intelligently the proclamation of Yahvah
Elohim walking in righteousness and instruction in
the breath of quick understanding of the everlasting in the fenced enclosure. And THE MAN and THE WOMAN
secreted themselves from the PRESENCE OF YAHVAH in the center of the teachers
of the fenced enclosure.
Word by word and Explanation:
And they heard [#8085 shama'] discerned, heard intelligently --
the sound of [#6963 qol] a call, the voice,
thundering, proclamation; Jews call this a "heavenly voice" --
of the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430 Elohiym]
--
walking up and down [#3212 yalak] to walk, carry, lead forth
[from #1980 halak]
to follow, walk in righteousness and instruction (or Torah) (it is this word
from which comes the halakah
or the "walk" or "way" of instruction, Torah) --
in the cool/middle of the breeze [#7307 ruwach] breath, wind, Spirit,
anger [from #7306 Ruach]
breathe, to blow, in the enjoyment, quick understanding --
of the day [#3117 yowm] everlasting --
in the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure.
And THE
MAN [HA ADAM] --
and his wife [#802 Ishshah] the distinguished
woman--
hid themselves [#2244 chaba'] hid, secreted --
from the FACE [#6440 paniym/paneh] PRESENCE --
of the LORD GOD [#3068 Yahvah/#430 Elohiym]
--
in the middle [#8432 tavek] bisection, center,
between,
of the trees [#6086 'ets] teachers, carpenters, firm erect
ones --
of the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure; throne
room; Throne Chariot. It is interesting that the rabbis are quick to point out
that David would arise at "
Verse 9:
Paraphrased: And Yahvah Elohiym addressed THE MAN by name and asked him, Where is
the Neshamah; i.e. the Divine Intellect?
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430
Elohiym] --
called [#7121 'qara] addressed by name --
unto THE MAN [HA ADAM] --
and said [#559 'amar] asked (to) him: --
Where are you? [#335 'ay]
where? [from #370 'ayin and identical with #369 'ayin] a query - to be nothing,
non-existent, fatherless, unsearchable, without, fail
[i.e. where was the Neshamah or Divine Intellect; all
that was detectable was "non-existence" or the
"fatherless"]. Ha Adam and Havah had traded
the Neshamah for worldly breath.
Verse 10:
Paraphrased: And he said, "Your proclamation
have I obeyed in the fenced enclosure and I dreaded and revered you, for I am
uncovered and are of smooth speech, cunning, crafty and subtle, and I secreted
myself."
Word by word and
Explanation:
And he said [#559 'amar] replied --
"Your sound [#6963 qol] proclamation, call --
have I heard [#8085 shama'] obeyed --
in the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure, --
and I (was) afraid [#3372 yare'] revered, dreaded, was
fearful, --
for I (am) [#595 anoikiy] I, me -- this is the
word for "Ani Hu"
- "I Am"
naked [#5903 'erom/eyrom] nude [from #6191 'aram] cunning, crafty, smooth, bare
(uncovered; i.e. no longer protected and covered by God) --
and I hid myself [#2244 chaba'] secreted, hid.
Verse 11:
Paraphrased: And He
responded, "Whoever announced to you or manifested to you that you were
cunning, crafty, and smooth speaking? Of the teacher which I have forbidden not to learn
from have you become wise?
Word by word and
Explanation:
And He said [#559 'amar] responded --
Who [#4310 miy] whoever --
told you [#5046 nagad] announced, manifested,
explained, predicted, uttered --
that you were naked [#5903 'erom/eroym as above] cunning, crafty,
smooth in speech?
Of the tree [#6086 'ets] teacher, carpenter, firm erect one --
which [#834 asher] I have told you
[#6680 tsavah]
forbidden, commanded, ordered, constituted, charged --
not to eat [#398 'akal] learn, become wise from --
have you eaten [#398 'akal] as before learned, become wise?
Verse 12:
Paraphrased: And THE MAN
answered, "The Woman whom you appointed to stand fast with me, she has
delivered up to me of the teacher, and I became wise, too.
And said [#559 amar] answered --
THE MAN [HA ADAM]
--
the Woman [#802 Ishshah] --
whom [#834 asher] --
you gave [#5414 nathan] appointed --
to be with me [#5978 'immad] along with [from #5975 amad] to stand, abide, dwell,
stand fast, --
she has given [#5414 nathan] delivered up --
to me of the tree [#6086 'ets] carpenter, teacher, firm erect one
--
and I ate [#398'akal] learned, became wise.
Verse 13:
Paraphrased: And Yahvah Elohiym said to the distinguished Woman: "What is this
you have sacrificed? And the Woman replied, "The Enchanter led me astray,
deluded, seduced, utterly deceived, and beguiled me, and I became wise."
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430
Elohiym] --
said [#559 'amar] asked --
to the Woman [#802 Ishshah]: --
"What is this you have done?" [#6213 'asab] executed, accomplished, brought
forth, sacrificed? --
And said [#559 'amar] replied --
the Woman [#802 Ishshah], --
the serpent [#5175 nachash] Enchanter, whisperer,
hisser, sorcerer --
deceived me [#5377 nasha'] led astray, deluded, seduced, beguiled, utterly deceived, --
and I ate [#398 'akal] learned, became wise.
Verse 14:
Paraphrased: And Yahvah Elohiym said to the
Enchanter, "Because you have accomplished this, execrated, excommunicated
and damned by blasphemy you are among the entire congregation of the restored
ones and every revived one of the 4-cornered plat. On your external womb shall
you depart and wander, and ashes, rubbish, and mortar shall you now learn
during the everlastingness of your revived and immortal life. The Enchanter,
like Cain his son, was excommunicated from the garden to "wander" in
the chaos and wilderness of the world, prevented from being a
"tiller" of the ground.
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430
Elohiym] --
said [#559 'amar] --
to the serpent [#5175 nachash] Enchanter, Hisser,
Whisperer, --
Because you have done this [#6213 'asab] accomplished, executed, --
cursed [#779 'arar] bitterly cursed, execrated, denounced violently,
excommunicated, anathematized, damned by blasphemy, declared evil --
you are [#859 'attah] you --
more than all [#3605 kol] the congregation of --
beasts [#2416 chay] restored ones --
of the field [#7704 sadeh] 4-cornered plat.
On your belly [#1512 gachown] external abdomen [as the source of the fetus] [from
#1518 giyach/goach]
to labor to bring forth, issue, gush --
shall you go [#3212 yalak] walk, depart, go away,
bear [from #1980 halak]
(or vice-versa) wander --
and dust [#6083 'aphar] ashes, rubbish, mortar [from
#6080 'aphar]
pulverized gray dust --
shall you eat [#398 'akal] consume, learn, become wise --
all the days [#3117 yowm] everlastingly --
of your life [#2416 chay] revived life.
Verse 15:
Paraphrased: And hostility will I mark and a
distinction between you and the Woman and a distinction between your posterity
and the Woman's posterity, and her posterity will overwhelm your chief ruler
and your posterity shall overwhelm the "Footstep" (i.e. those who
follow Moshiach) and supplant and restrain it.
Word by word and Explanation:
And enmity [#342 'eybah] hostility, hatred [from #340 'ayah] be an enemy --
will I set [#7896 shiyth] MARK, appoint --
between [#996 beyn] a distinction (i.e. there
will be a distinction of the son of the Enchanter, or Cain, and from the son of
the Woman, Moshiach) --
you and the Woman [#802 Ishshah] --
and between distinction --
your seed [#2233 zera'] seed, child, posterity, fruit, plant [from #2232 zara'] sowing, conception --
and between her seed [#2233 zera' as before]. Please note that a
woman does not ordinarily have a "seed" but an "egg".
He [#2233 zera'] the seed or
"son" --
will bruise #7779 shuwph] gape, snap, overwhelm,
break, bruise, cover --
to you the head [#7218 ro'sh] shake, head, band,
beginning, captain, chief, first, forefront, ruler, priest, top --
and you shall bruise [#7779 shuwph as above] --
of him the heel [#6119 'aqeb/'iqqebah] a heel as protuberant, a
track, the rear of an army, the FOOTSTEP [i.e. of the followers of Moshiach] [from #6117
'aqab] to seize by the heel (supplant) restrain,
to trip up.
Verse 16:
Paraphrased: To the distinguished Woman He said,
"I will enlarge your worrisomeness and pain,
fabrication AND your pregnancy. In painful toil, pangs, you shall be delivered,
travail in bringing forth the Branch (the appointed ones), and the
distinguished Man shall be your desire, and he shall govern you.
To the Woman [#802 Ishshah] --
He said [#559 'amar], --
"I will greatly increase [#7235 rabah] increase, enlarge,
multiply --
your sorrow [#6093 'itstsabown] worrisomeness,
labor, pain, toil [from #6087 'atsab] carve, fabricate, fashion, worry, pain, anger,
grief, displeasure, hurt --
AND your conception [#2032 herown] pregnancy [from #2029 harah] be with
child, conceive, be pregnant.
In sorrow [#6089 'etseb] painful toil, grief, labor, pangs --
shall you bear [#3205 yalad] beget, bear young, be
delivered, bring forth (a man child), children, travail --
sons (note that this is plural)
[#1121 ben]
appointed ones, branch, bough, etc. --
and your husband [#376 Iysh] the distinguished Man --
shall be your desire [#8669 teshuwqah] stretching out after,
longing, desire [from #7783 shuwq] to run after, overflow, --
and he shall rule over you [#4910 mashal] to govern, rule, have power,
reign.
Section 2: (Pe) This begins an entirely new section. Yahvah
has been dealing with the Woman and the Enchanter; now He begins to deal with
The
Verse 17:
Paraphrased: And to THE MAN He said, "Because
you have witnessed and obeyed the call and proclamation of the distinguished
Woman and you have become wise through the teacher about whom I forbade saying
you shall not learn from it, your generations are cursed because of you. In
labor and toil, grief and displeasure shall you learn from your posterity the
entire everlasting, eternal days of your revived life."
Word by word and Explanation:
And to THE MAN (HA
ADAM) --
He said [#559 'amar] --
Because you have listened [#8085 shama'] heard intelligently and discerned, witnessed, obeyed --
to the voice of [#6963 qol] call, proclamation, sound --
your wife [#802 Ishshah] the distinguished Woman
--
and you have eaten [#398 akal] learned, become wise --
of the tree [#6085 'ets] teacher, carpenter, firm erect one --
which [834 asher] whom --
I commanded you [#6680 tsavah] charged, ordered,
forbidden, constituted --
saying [#559 'amar] commanding --
not shall you eat [#398 'akal] learn, become wise from --
shall be the ground [#127 'adamah] land of bloods (generations) --
because of you. In sorrow [#6093 'itstsabown]
toil, etc. as above --
shall you eat of it [#398 'akal] learn, become wise through his
generations --
all [#3605 kol]
the days [#3117 yowm]
everlastingly --
of your life [#2416 chay] revived, restored.
Verse 19:
Paraphrased: By your anger and longsuffering shall
you overcome and prevail eternally, world without end, recalled to the
righteous generations, for out of them you were accepted. For rubbish, dust,
mortar you are and to rubbish, dust, and mortar you shall return to the
starting point. There is more than meets eyelevel here.
Word by Word and Explanation:
By the sweat [#2188 ze'ah] perspiration [from #2111 zuwa'] agitation, trembling, vexation, movement [in the sense of #3154 yeza'] to ooze, seat, a sweating dress --
of your face [#639 'aph] nostril, face, wrath,
longsuffering, from rapid breathing (anger), forehead --
shall you eat [#398 'akal] learn, become wise --
bread [#3899 lechem] food, bread, grain [from
#3898 lacham]
battle, to OVERCOME, prevail --
until [#5704 'ad] eternally, perpetually, world without end --
your return [#7725 shuwb] return to the starting
point, recall, turn back --
to the ground [#127 as above] generations
--
for out of it (them) you have
been taken
[#3947 laqach]
accepted, received, drawn, seized.
For dust [#6083 'aphar] ashes, rubbish, mortar --
you are [#857] and to dust
[#6083 'aphar]
you shall return [#7725 shuwb] return to the starting point.
Verse 20:
Paraphrased: And THE MAN
addressed the Woman by name, place, position, and character who was Life-Giver
because she became the bond of the family for the entire congregation of the restored,
revived and resurrected.
Word by word and Explanation:
And THE MAN (HA ADAM)
called [#7121 qara'] addressed by name --
the name [#8034 shem] place, position and
character --
of his wife [#802 Ishshah] Eve [#2332 Chavvah/havah]
Life-giver [from #2331 chavah] to live, declare, show --
because she [#3588 kiy] became [#1961 hayah] existed
(as) --
the mother [#517 'em] bond of the family --
of all [#3605 kol] the entire united
congregation of the living [#2416 chay]. This is the
beginning of "mother worship" within pagan religions that began
through the perverted speech of Cain.
Verse 21:
Paraphrased: And Yahvah Elohiym appointed for THE MAN and the Woman coverings of
bare skin (i.e. made them flesh; they had only existed as Spirit before) and
made them into a foundation of building stones.
Word by word and Translation:
And the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430
Elohiym] --
made [#6213 'asah] appointed --
for THE MAN [HA ADAM] --
and his wife [#802 Ishshah] the distinguished Woman
--
coats [#3801 kuttoneth] to cover (covering the
shoulder, corner, or side) --
of skin [#5785 'owr] skin as naked [from #5783] to be
bare, made naked (i.e. made flesh) --
and clothed them [#3843 lebenah] a brick, whiteness, tile [from
#3835 laban]
to "become" white, to be made bricks, clay vessels. Remember, Yahvah is the "Potter" and we are the
"clay". HaAdam and Havah
were now given mortal flesh!
Verse 22:
Paraphrased: And Yahvah Elohiym said, Behold (as if expressing surprise) THE MAN
exists united with us, perceiving both spiritual beauty and adversity. And at
this time lest he turn aside and stretch forth his power and fellowship and
also seize from the Teacher of Resurrection and become wise and REVIVE world
without end (i.e. become immortal in the flesh) and be veiled from sight
(something must be done).
Word by word and
Explanation:
And the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430
Elohiym] --
said [#559 'amar] --
Behold [#2005 hen]
(as if expressing surprise) --
THE MAN [HA ADAM]
--
has become [1961 hayah] exists --
as one of us [#259 'echad] united, one -- Explanation:
"us" refers to the Godhead
(Elohim), the creative forces of the Being and
Personalities of YHVH.
to know [#3045 yada'] perceiving --
good [#2896 towb] beauty, etc. --
and evil [#7451 ra'] adversity, sorrow, etc.
And now [#6258 attah] at this time --
lest [#6435 pen] removal [from panah] to turn, appear, turn aside --
he put forth [#7971 shalach] appoint, stretch forth
--
his hand [#3027 yad] his power, means,
fellowship, force --
and take also [#3947 laqach] accept, seize, receive --
from the tree [#6086 'ets] carpenter, teacher, erect firm one
--
of life [#2416 chay] resurrection, --
and eat [#398 'akal] learn, become wise --
and live [#2425 chayah] REVIVE, RESURRECT, save
life --
forever [#5769 owlam/olam] world without end, eternally, concealed [from
#5956 alam]
be blinded, veiled from sight; be veiled.
Verse 23:
Paraphrased: Therefore Yahvah
Elohiym sent him away from the fenced enclosure of
the land of delight to be a bondservant to his generations from which he was
received.
Word by word and Explanation:
Therefore the LORD God [#3068 Yahvah/#430 Elohiym]
--
sent [#7971 shalach] sent away, conducted,
cast out, let depart --
out of the garden [#1588 gan] the fenced enclosure; the
throne room of YHVH --
of
to till [#5647 'abad] to serve, to be enslaved, kept in
bondage, serve self, transgress --
the ground [#127] the bloods
(generations) --
which [#834 asher] whom --
he was taken from [#3947 laqach]
accepted, received, seized.
Verse 24:
Paraphrased: And He DIVORCED and expatriated THE MAN
(from the Father) and He (Yahvah) caused Himself to
dwell (in the mishkan)
and made to live eastward of the fenced enclosure of the land of delight and
pleasure, the flaming Wall of Fire, overturning, changing, converting, and
turning about, hedging about with thorns (fire) the well-trodden highway
eastward, the passenger way to the TEACHER, THE CARPENTER OF RESURRECTION AND
ETERNAL LIFE! (Thus the "way" to the execution site and the "Tree
of Life" is eastward on the
Word
by word and Translation:
And he drove out [#1644 garash] DIVORCED, thrust out,
expatriated --
THE MAN [HA ADAM]
--
and He (Yahvah]
placed (lodged) [#7931 shakan]
abode, inhabited, dwelt (in the mishkan from the root shakan) --
at the East [#6924 qedem/qedmah] anciently, in the
forepart, front, east side, everlastingly --
of the garden [#1588 gan] fenced enclosure --
of
the cherubim [#3742 kerub, a play on the next word chereb, a sword]
--
and the flaming [#3858 lahat] a blaze as enwrapping,
covert [from #3857] to lick, flame, kindle, blaze, burn, set on fire --
sword [#2719 chereb] drought, a cutting instrument, a knife, sword, axe,
tool, sharp instrument [from #2717 charab] a flaming waste, to parch, desolate, destroy, decay,
lie waste --
whirling around [#2015 haphak] to overturn, pervert, to
change, to turn about, tumbled, converted --
to guard [#8104 shamar] hedge about with thorns
(fire), protect, attend, preserve --
the way of [#1870 derek] a road as trodden, course
of life, mode of action, passenger way, highway --
eastward [from #1869 darak] to tread,
walk, to string a bow by treading on it in bending, archer, guide, lead, thresh,
tread down --
of the tree [#6086 'ets] TEACHER, CARPENTER, firm erect one --
The reference to the clothing of Adam and Eve by God is very
interesting. It appears that what the scripture is saying is that Adam and
Eve receive “new skin” or “flesh skin”. If before the fall Adam walked with
God in the “cool7307 of the day” and from a previous
study we know that Ruach (cool)
H7307¹
is
the word used through out the Old Testament for Spirit or spirit realm. Then
Adam and Eve were actually in a type of body before the fall that was conducive
to both realms, the spirit realm and the physical realm. Scripturally the
only type of body that can do that is one like the Angels have and like believers
will have in the resurrection. It makes sense then for God to clothe them
after the fall in a suitable skin for walking in only one realm. Therefore
the skin Adam and Eve received was part of the curse of the fall. In the account
by this Hebrew theologian, which is the subject of this commentary, the color
of this “new skin” is white. That seems to make sense in light of the evidence
coming from science. According to them we all have common ancestors that go
back to the black race as the earliest man. In a previous study “The Second Earth
Age” we saw that there were two accounts of creation in the Scriptures,
first outside the Garden and then inside the Garden. Not only are there different
things created in the two accounts but they are created in a different order.
I believe that the men and women first created were created for only one realm
of existence. It is already clear that the second were created for two realms
of existence in order to directly interface with God and the Spiritual beings
(teachers) in the Garden. The purpose being, to train up
a lineage of people that would know God and fulfill his plan for creation.
This is the lineage of the “sons of God” in Genesis Chapter 6.
The
fact that Adam and Eve are created later and that because of the curse of
the fall makes them visually unique and distinguishable, as is also Cain who
fears for his life because of how he looks, doesn’t make their descendants
“better” that other men. From all I have found these three, Adam, Eve and
Cain (Able being dead) are the only ones that have the benefits of increased
intelligence, being a product of the Garden experience or “Garden brain trust”,
i.e. teachers. In fact the society that follows after Seth intellectually
doesn’t get much past goat herding all the way to Abraham. While the lineage
of Cain on the other hand, (considering him as the founder of the Babylonians)
at the time of Abraham, already had Universities and Libraries. (“Sargon the
Magnificent” by Sydney Bristowe)
¹ 7307 ru^ach
From H7306; wind; by resemblance breath,
that is, a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively life, anger, unsubstantiality;
by extension a region of the
sky; by resemblance spirit,
but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions
Common usage of this word in
the Bible is Spirit:
Gen 1:2
And the earth was without form, and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit7307 of God moved upon the face of the waters.