1. In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.
NOTE(S): The Hebrew used for this verse is:
Beresheet Bara
Elohim et ha-Shamayim et ha-Eretz:
Beresheet = In beginning.
Bara = Create out
of nothing.
Elohim = God; plural noun, used as a singular (A hint of the trinity).
In the original Hebrew
there is also a two letter word after “God” that is not translated into English
that is the first and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet. Meaning “The first
and the last”. The Hebrew word used here
and translated to God is Elohim.
Note that it is a plural noun that is used as a singular everywhere it
appears in the Torah (The first five books of the bible) and maybe all of
scripture, which is a hint of the Trinity of the Godhead.
The Hebrew word used here
and translated to created is Bara,
meaning “Create out of nothing.” (As opposed to “Asa” which means to “make,
fashion, or fabricate out of” something, also as opposed to “Yatsa”
which means “form.” Isa 43:7 has all three uses.)
In the Hebrew for Genesis 1:1, If you examine the
numerical values of each of the Hebrew letters, and the numerical value of the
words, and apply them to this formula:
The
number of letters x the product of the letters
The
number of words x the product of the words
(The number of the letters times the product of the
letters divided by the number of the words times the product of the words)
You get the value of “pi” to 4 decimal places.
(3.1416)
HEBREW ALPHANUMERICS:
The other first verse in the Bible that deals with
creation is John 1:1.
This time if you take the numerical value of each of the
Greek letters, and the numerical value of the words, and apply them to the same
formula:
The
number of letters x the product of the letters
The
number of words x the product of the words
(The number of the letters times the product of the
letters divided by the number of the words times the product of the words)
You get the value
of “e” to 4 decimal places (2.7183). “pi” and “e” are 2 of the basic
fundamental constants in the universe and advanced mathematics, and “e” wasn’t
discovered until the 17th century.
GREEK ALPHANUMERICS:
Some things to
think about: 1) When were the angels
created? [Was It before verse one? We know from Job 38:4-7 that the angels
witnessed “the foundation of the earth” (in the Old Testament, “sons of God”
always refers to angels)]. 2) When did Satan fall? He was created when the rest
of the angels were created. All of the angels shouted for joy at
the foundation of the earth, and Satan is an angel. We know that he was fallen
by chapter three, but some would argue by chapter one verse two. (See notes for
verse two) The “gap theory” is highly speculative and controversial, yet seems
to link with other verses. Although it is provocative, it is often misapplied.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?
declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if
thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the
foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the
morning stars sang together, and all the
sons of God shouted for joy?(Job
38:4-7)
Bene HaElohim: “Sons of God” = angels in the Old Testament. Ranks of angels:
“Principalities,” “Powers,” et al. “Cherubim” were apparently the top
“SuperAngels”: they were already
presentwhen “the foundations of the earth” were laid!
2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
NOTE(S):
The Hebrew word used here that opens the verse and is translated
to and is vav (conjunction),
meaning “and”, (or, as an adversative) “but” (in the [Greek] Septuagint
translation it is translated as “But.” [Greek is a much more precise language
than English]. It’s also translated as “But” in the Latin Vulgate version.)
The
Hebrew word used here and translated to the first was in this verse is hayah (pluperfect form),meaning “had become, became.” It’s the same word used in Gen 19:26 when Lot’s
wife “became” a pillar of salt.
The Hebrew word used here and translated to without form is tohu,
meaning “without form, confused.” It’s the same word used in Isaiah 34:11, but
there it’s translated to “confusion.” (Confusion implies that it was once in
order, but is now confused. The “gap theory” suggests that God did not create
the heavens and the earth “confused”, yet in verse two we find it confused).
It’s also the same word used in Isaiah 45:18, but there it is translated to
“vain”, and says that God “created it not in vain” (created it not confused),
speaking about the earth. It is again the same word used in Jeremiah 4:23,
but there it is again translated as “without form”.
The
Hebrew word used here and translated to void is bohu, meaning “void, empty,
waste.” It’s the same word used in Isaiah 34:11, but there it’s translated to
“emptiness.” It is again the same word used in Jeremiah 4:23, but there it is again translated as “void”.
SUBNOTE(S): Tohu v’bohu is the Hebrew term used for “without form and void”.
The
Hebrew word used here and translated to darkness is choshek, meaning “unnatural darkness.”
The
Hebrew word used here and translated to deep is tehowm, which translates into the Greek as “abussos”, which
means “abyss”; (the home of demons and evil spirits).
The Hebrew word used here and translated to moved is Merahefet, meaning “to hover above, flutter, brood, vibrate, as
a bird with young, brooded, moved by”
3. And God said, Let there be light: and
there was light.
NOTE(S): The first recorded quote of God: “Let
there be light”.
4. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light
from the darkness.
5. And God called the light Day, and the
darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
NOTE(S):
The Hebrew word used here and translated to evening is erev, meaning “obscuration,
obscurity, disorder, mixture” (increasing entropy “disorder or chaos”);
When
encroaching darkness began to deny the ability to discern forms, shapes, and
identities; erev became a synonym for “twilight” (the time of approaching
darkness), and later came to mean “evening.” But its original root meaning may
have meant something more fundamental.
The
Hebrew word used here and translated to morning is boker, meaning “becoming
discernable, distinguishable, visible, orderly; perception of order; relief of
obscurity (decreasing entropy); attendant ability to begin to discern forms,
shapes, and distinct identities; breaking forth of light; revealing;
Boker
became a synonym for “dawn” (the breaking forth of light), and later came to
mean “morning.” But its original root meaning may have meant something more
fundamental.
It is
significant that on the 7th day, when the creation is complete,
there is no more “erev” or
“boker” (God did not do any creating on the seventh day).
(There seems to be a close coupling between the
spiritual and physical world prior to the fall: it was a unified order)
The
Hebrew words used here and translated to the first day is yom echad;
Echad
means “One.” But the word yom is a problem because no one can
agree on what it means, because it’s used for 54 different words…however, out
of 1480 times it’s used in the Bible, 1181 times it means “day”, and when there
is a number associated with it, it always means a literal 24 hour day. (Some
other uses of the word yom
in the bible are; 67 times it means “time”, 30 times it means “today”, 18 times
it means “forever”, 10 times it means “continually”, 6 times it means “age”, 4
times it means “life”, and 2 times it means “perpetually”). Also, referring to
Exodus 20:8-11, God clearly wants us to understand that the creation days of
Genesis were literal days.
6. And God said, Let there be a firmament
in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
NOTE(S):
The Hebrew word used here and translated to firmament is Raqia, meaning “extended
surface (solid), expanse.
Also from
the Greekstereoma, meaning “firmness.
Also from
the Latin firmamentum, meaning
“three-dimensional solidity, firm expanse.
The Hebrew word used here and translated to waters is Mayim, meaning “water, waters” and
also danger, violence, transitory things. Origin: dual of a primitive noun (a
plural form always used in a singular sense). Is the term “water” used as a
metaphor or a synecdoche? (A synecdoche = the specific to mean the general
and/or the general to mean the specific.) The Synecdoche for waters=fluids? Is
it plasma? (the 4th state of matter is plasma: pre-molecules [a
state before molecules form, ionized molecules]) Going from plasma to gas to
liquid to solid is decreasing the entropy.
7. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters
which were under the firmament from
the waters which were above the
firmament: and it was so. 8. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the
evening and the morning were the second day. NOTE(S): Monday, the second day, was the only
day of creation in which the bible does not say that God saw “that it was good.” Which just goes to confirm
your worst suspicions about Mondays, doesn’t it?
9. And God said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
10. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
11. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
grass, the herb yielding seed, and
the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind,
and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was
in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
13.
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
NOTE(S): God saw “that it was good” twice on the third day; the day of the double blessing.
Most Jewish weddings take place on Tuesday (the third day).
14. And God said, Let there be lights in
the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
NOTE(S):
The Hebrew word used here and translated to seasons is mô‛êd, and means
“the appointed times.” Also of note: The statistical expectation that this
would appear as an equidistant letter sequence in the 78,064 letters of Genesis
is five times; but it appears only once
in Genesis; at an interval of 70 (there are 70 “appointed times”), and it is
centered on Genesis 1:14 (the very
verse in which it is mentioned). The odds against this happening by unaided
chance have been estimated at greater than 70,000,000 to one!
The
Heptadic Calendar:
The
Week of DaysShabbat
The
Week of WeeksShavout
The
Week of MonthsThe Religious Year
The
Week of YearsThe Sabbatical Year
Seven
Weeks+1The Jubilee Year
-All
land reverts to its owners
-All
slaves go free
-All
debts forgiven
-known
as “The time of the restitution of all things” (Acts 3:21)
There
are 70 “Appointed Times” (Leviticus 23)
52
sabbaths
+7
days of Passover (including related feast days)
+1
Shavout, Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)
+1
Yom Teruah, Feast of Trumpets
+1
Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement
+7
days of Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles (Feast of Booths)
+1
Shimini Atzeret, 8th Day of Assembly
70
“Appointed Times”
The
Feasts of Israel:
The Spring Feasts (1st Month:
Nisan)
-Passover
-Feast
of Unleavened Bread
-Feast
of First Fruits
Feast of Weeks
(Feast
of Weeks uses Leavened Bread)
The Fall Feasts (7th Month:
Tishri)
-Feast
of Trumpets (1st of Tishri)
-Yom
Kippur (10th of Tishri)
-Feast of Tabernacles (15th of Tishri)
15. And let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
16. And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
17.
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth.
18. And to rule over the day and over the
night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
19.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20. And God said, Let the waters bring forth
abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21. And God created great whales, and every
living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after
their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22. And God blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let foul multiply
in the earth.
23.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth
the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of
the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25. And God made the beast of the earth
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon
the earth after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
26. And God said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
NOTE(S):
Notice that God said, “Let us make
man in our image, after our likeness….” That’s another hint of
the trinity of the Godhead.
27. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created
he him; male and female created he them.
NOTE(S):
Notice that when the bible says “God created he him; male and female created he them”, the bible is using (or
referring to) the word “man” as “mankind, both male and female”.
28.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth. 29. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb
bearing seed, which is upon the face
of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
30. And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it wasso.
31.
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth
day.
