Torah Pearls #14 – Vaeira (Exodus 6:2-9:35)

For what it’s worth, for a long time I have taken what Yehovah says in Ex 6:1-3 about appearing as El Shaddai back to a few places in Genesis. Even though they knew the name of Yehovah when He appears to Abram to establish the covenant in 17:1 he tells Abram I am El Shaddai you walk before me being tamim/whole/complete. Then in Genesis 28:3 Isaac tells Jacob to go to Padan-Aram and Isaac says may El Shaddai bless you and make you fruitful. In Gen 35:11 Yehovah appears to Jacob and renames him Israel and says I am El Shaddai be fruitful and multiply. In Gen 43:14 Israel says to his sons before they go back to Egypt may El Shaddai give mercy to you before the man. In Gen 48:3 Jacob tells Joseph that El Shaddai appeared to him at Luz and blessed him. Even though they knew the name of Yehovah it’s seems when they talked about Him they called Him by El Shaddai. It probably goes back to when He established the covenant with Abram and tells him I am El Shaddai and because of this they may have continued to call Him El Shaddai when giving blessings or referencing the covenant or the promises afterwards.

because that religion is a false and fake one.

why learn the ways of the heathen, islam and others???

Am I missing something here? The Rahab in Yeshua’s linages was mentioned in the linages in Joshua’a time. Right? Something is very wrong here. Could you explain this? It actually scrambles my mind. Ruth is Rahab the prostitute is Ruth’s half sister?
NSBA 20, Blue Letter Bible
Shomot 6:23 Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Num 10:14
The flag of the camp of the sons of Judah, by their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army,
Rth 4:20
and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, and Nahshon fathered Salmon
Mat 1:5
Salmon fathered Boaz by Rahab, Boaz fathered Obed by Ruth, and Obed fathered Jesse.

Yes what would the pharaoh learn if Yehovah hardened his heart. Nothing.

to keep the baby from crying so, u hold the baby to mom’s chest to hear her heart beating.

I just love listening to you guys every week. I have no understanding of Hebrew and sometimes I have to stop and sound out the words you’re defining- no w da ti ! Figuring that out to take notes was a doozy tonight! Ha ha! Thank you guys for all your research!

The real slight of hand is how somebody took jannes and jambres out of this passage! Cause paul *said* these snake dudes were named jannes and jambres… oh wait i found it, he got that from the traditions of the elders, nevermind 🙃

they can’t.

john was a liar.

that be true.

It would be great, if all three of you guys could come together again and do a part 2, so you can touch on some of things you all never touched on.
I believe there is a lot more you all have gleaned since then.
Love you guys for allowing yourselves to be instruments of Yehovah’ will.
Every year I listen to this original Torah pearls.

I always look to Gen. 1:14 to determine the mo’ed. Less than 100 years ago, there would be no way for one who was away to know if a crop in cana’an was ripe. Using the signs given in 1:14,one can know from anywhere on earth.
Just a thought.

Because of My actions ,Pharaoh will become more obstinate, God didn’t touch Pharaoh’s heart

it is not legal for u to die for another’s sin.

You ARE serious! -or- You’re SERIOUS? Zig Ziglar did a neat recording years ago about six ways to figure what a witness to a crime meant by the simple intonation of each word in one statement, i.e. “‘I’ did not say that he beat his wife” (maybe someone else said it), “I did not SAY he, etc.” (but implied so). “I did not say HE, etc.” (maybe someone else did), “I did not say he BEAT, etc.”(but verbally abused) … you get my drift, and I can see where total context is important – no matter what language, but especially Biblical Hebrew which the vast majority of us are not familiar with. Mucho appreciado!

I preach Amway to my neighbor ALL the time, but I have hardened his heart.
I spanked my child for disobedience but I hardened his heart instead.
See how I didn’t literally touch n harden their hearts? Rather my actions provoked them to a different heart.

thought abib and or Passover was to be determined only in Israel like the sighting of the New Moon is?

As a Dentist who treats babies with Tongue-ties, that prevent babies from latching and breast-feeding correctly, I can appreciate how El Shaddai means All Sufficient in connotation to breasts.
The breast provides all the Child requires for immunity, nutrition, hydration. But also the correct latching helps the facial development needed for correct nose-breathing and tongue function, which determine correct sleep patterns, cognitive learning physical development throughout it’s life.

Wow.. I love the Exodus word redemption better than division in Exodus 8:23 that was mind blowing.

Thank you so much for this great study. It answered all of my many questions about this parsha. Shabbat shalom!!

Walter,
The question remains, WHY? should anyone die for the sins another?

Can’t figure why el sh’dai is not plainly rendered as the el of sufficiency. The goldilox elohim; not too much, not too little, “just right”. all my resources afirm “dai” as meaning sufficiency, or enough. what am I missing here?

trish, the only reason I can see the option of one dying in place of a repentant sinner is if the volunteer victim was actually the executor of the creation, and thus had authority to assume responsibility for the sins of the repentant one. Immersion in itself has no power, but is merely a public affirmation of our willingness to accept the just deserts of our own sins.Yahshua accepted immersion to affirm his willingness to die in place of anyone who truly repents. Being immersed in Yahshua affirms both of the above.

It is likely that not since the antediluvian times has anyone followed the father only. We all today follow the instructions left by the prophets, of which of course Yahshua was one. Which stream of Yahwism you profess is far less important than the integrity with which you fulfill it.

Yeshua was baptized so as to be “numbered with the transgressors” (Is.53). This is also why He was born of a woman and crucified between two thieves.

Exodus 10 1 ADONAI said to Moshe, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have made him and his servants hardhearted, so that I can demonstrate these signs of mine among them, 2 so that you can tell your son and grandson about what I did to Egypt and about my signs that I demonstrated among them, and so that you will all know that I am ADONAI יְהֹוָה.” Sometimes you have to read a little further into the text to get the rest of the story.

In 9:34, Pharaoh hardened his own heart – in the sense of making it stubborn and uncooperative. In 9:35, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened – in the sense of strengthening it, giving it courage to keep going. I don’t know enough, though, to identify whether YHVH strengthened Pharaoh’s heart this time in v35, or whether Pharaoh strengthened his own heart – it appears passive. “It was strengthened”. That implies that it happened to him, not that he did it. Nehemia??

Resumptive repetition: in English, it used to be “…meanwhile, back at the farm…”

Describing Greek beliefs in Hebrew by no means makes it genuine. Don’t study here a little, there a little, read in context. I am positive you read the new testament before you did the Hebrew scriptures. Your “UNDERSTANDING” comes from Rome not Israel.

Were sheep indeed considered sacred by the Egyptians? Or would they have been offended by a sacrifice in the same way the Jews were offended by the Greeks sacrificing pigs during the time of the Maccabeans?

Question.”Why did john the baptist tell folks to come be baptised to take away their sins?And why did Yeshau get baptised because he had no sin?
Ezekiel chapter 18 says no man can die for anothers sins.”What l see we must Tesuvah which means more than repent it means come back and receive ‘a one on one personal relation with Father and be obedient to his laws commandments and his statues.
Paul claims we need to be baptised in Christ, which to me would be
idol worship.Their is only one true creator YeHoVaH and to think l was a Jehovahs witness! Now l follow my Father only.

You can’t see the connection between one of the names of God, and the word “breast”? It’s obvious! Isa 40:11 he carries the lambs close to his heart. He wants an intimate relationship with us, isn’t that what you do with someone who is intimate with you, hold them close to you, to your heart? It’s a sign of intimacy, to hold someone close to you. He loves us that much.

hmm, well, ok…HUGE problem with something Keith said in this one 🙁 There is a BIG “theological difference” between “redeeming people from harm” (plagues) and “redeeming them from sin.” “Blood” is 100% required for the redemption from sin, no ifs ands or buts. That is clear in both the Tanakh and the Brit Hadasha. Further, the “redemption from bondage” absolutely required “the shedding of blood.” So, just because YHVH can sovereignly choose to “spare” (redeem in this sense) someone (or a group of people) from some negative influence/action, it is not “honest” to carry that over to mean He will “redeem from sin” without “the blood”, which is HIS prescribed method for “cleansing” from sin. Perhaps I misunderstood (and forgive the knee-jerk reaction if so), but it sure seemed to me that Keith was making that implication–trying to make the text say that, when it does not lead to that conclusion (nor did it play out that way in context) at all. shalom

Around 1:05 Kieth sugggests using multiple translations when reading the Bible. The Bible Gateway app is free and has lots of different translations available; it even has the ability to read 2 translations side by side.

What I find even more enlightening is reading from an interlinear Bible like: http://biblehub.com/interlinear/ and often refer to this when Nehemiah is breaking down a particular Hebrew word.

Pharaoh heardened his own heart, not Yehovah.

In 9:34, where do you get the understanding that it is YHVH who hardened His own heart?

That was funny though.

Great discussion on Ex 8:23 about the distinction of Hebrew about ‘division’ and ‘redemption’ PDT of Israel by the sign of the plagues. Thought you might like to see the translation of the Geneva Bible (1775) on this. 8:22 But the land of Goshen, where my people are, will I cause to be *wonderful in that day, (Margin * or I will separate) … v23 And I will make a deliverance of my people from thy people. … Just shows that the Old Geneva Bible was more accurate in some places than the KJV and the later modern versions. Any comment on the ‘wonderful’?

Level 16? Are you playing Super Mario Bros? Hahaha, couldn’t help it! Stupid auto correct right?

Yes, many examples. It is called resumptive repetition or repetitive resumption. Example are Gen 37-39 and Level 16.

Nehemia, I found it fascinating what you said in this teaching regarding the construct of the parenthetical statement in Shemot 6:14-27. Are there any other examples of this in the Tanak?

It was a great discussion and perhaps the best discussion of many recordings …. and especially the discussion discussion on Exodus 6.3. Looking at 6.4 there is an “also” in English translations. If this is supported by the Hebrew, an “also” supports the idea of a prior, related action in the prior verse. ..i.e. supporting the “did I not…” reading of 6.3. True?

The magician were not able to make lice appear because what Moses did, at YHVH’s command was a repetition of creation. YHVH make creatures from the dust. Lice appeared from the dust. Here there is separation of the real deal from the counterfeit. Indeed all will know that the earth is YHVH for He is the creator of heaven and earth by the appearance of this plague…

Noticed an interesting connection between Ex.9:31 and Deut 16:1
KJV- And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. EAR= Strong’s #24 abiyb; meaning to be tender, green; ie. a young ear of grain; hence the name of the month Abib.

Showing us, the reader, what time of year this event originally took place. The instructions given in Deut 16:1 insure that the Passover memorial would be kept at that same time of year. Thus proving the significance of the stage of ripening of barley in determining the beginning of months as in Deut 16:1 and keeping the ‘moed’ of Yehovah according to His clock not according to man-made calendars.

I would like to know the name or publisher of the dictionary mentioned towards the end of this download, the dictionary Nehemia said shows the history of hebrew word meanings, and how/when they have changed. Thank you if you can provide it.
A note on the previous section – the Haftorah of Shemot – perhaps Yehovah was saying He does not smite the enemies of Israel, once He is taking vengeance, with the same manner of death with which those enemies killed His people. Just a thought. Jeremiah 51 seems like a rather unusual smiting, of vengeance, maybe only to me.

Ok, I get it, I’m just saying…it feels like a stretch in MY interpretation/reading. 🙂

I should qualify my statement: there is debate around the requirement that a rhetorical question be punctuated with a question mark, but I’m unaware of the grammatical stance of using a full stop being used in the KJV of the Bible. I guess it’s possible, but it feels like a stretch. It seems clear to me that the KJV is making a statement, just like all the other English translations. But to your point, we all interpret when we read. 🙂

Are you serious.

KJV doesn’t present Ex 6:3 as a rhetorical question – it takes more than just word order in English to determine question vs statement. You need a question mark to indicate a question. There is no question mark in the KJV.

I absolutely LOVE these lessons, so grateful to you all for doing this. Please keep it up!