Torah Portion Week 1 Study Notes 2022-2023

Torah Portion: Week 1

Bereshiyth (The Beginning)

Creation, First Sabbath, Fall of Man, lineages, Watchers, Giants and more

Targums: https://parableofthevineyard.com/wp-content/uploads/Torah-Targums-Genesis-Final.pdf

This is the heart of Torah (creation, the works of his hands)

Ch 1. Creation Story (This is Torah, not just do’s and don’ts, but standing tall for his word)

Pre-Read: Before the world was made 2 esdras 6:1-6 https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+6%3A1-6%2C+&version=RSV

Testament of Naphtali 1:14-16 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe287.htm

1:5 – Light / darkness https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+6%3A23%2C+psalm+19%3A8%2C+psalm+119%3A105%2C+Is+8%3A20%2C+&version=KJV

More: https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+14%3A20-22&version=RSV

2 Esdras 7 “First the judgement” https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+7%3A70-74%2C+james+2%3A12%2C+rom+2%3A12-13&version=RSV

Sons of light and of the day: 1 Thes 5 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=deut+28%3A28%2C+pro+4%3A18-19%2C+is+59%3A7-10%2C++1+thes+5%3A1-8%2C+&version=KJV

1:6 – Firmament ‘Raqia’ https://www.blueletterbible.org/search/search.cfm?Criteria=firmament&t=KJV&ss=1#s=s_primary_0_1

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1:7 – Waters from the waters https://classic.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+pet+3%3A3-5&version=KJV

1:11-13, An opportunity for another creation account.

2 Esdras https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+6%3A42-44&version=RSV
“Whose seed is in itself” – Seedless fruit?

Gen 1:14 – Indicates both the sun and moon are used for ‘appointed times’
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lev+23%3A1-4&version=KJV

2 Esdras 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+6%3A45-46&version=RSV

1:23 – Sea creatures

2 Esdras 6 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+6%3A47-48&version=RSV
- Meaning of life (Enoch 36) https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe039.htm

Fowls

1:25 – Beasts of the field

Various https://duckduckgo.com/?q=types+of+animals&t=ffab&atb=v158-1&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images
What is the world in love with? https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=dinosaurs&atb=v158-1&iax=images&ia=images
- Walk into any major retailer. Most clothing is Nasa, or Dinosaurs…
- Where did they come from? https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe010.htm
- Jasher 4:18 https://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/4.htm

1:26-28 – dominion in care https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+8%2C+ps+111%2Cpro+12%3A10%2C+rev+11%3A18&version=KJV

1:29 – ALL green herbs (Yah called it good – Satan created pharmakiea)

Sirach 38:4-10 https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Ecclesiasticus-Chapter-38/

end – Wisdom: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=pro+8%3A14-36&version=KJV

(Reflect back on gen 1:26 ‘our image’)

Yahusha Enoch 46:1-3 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe049.htm
- 48:1-7
- John 1 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=john+1%3A1-18&version=KJV
- Elohim plural: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm

The importance of standing for the creation story: (this is Torah)
Declare him! https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jonah+1%3A7-9%2C+psalm+95%3A1-7%2C++ps+33%3A1-9%2C+ps+146%2Cjer+27%3A5%2C+51%3A15%2C++rev+14%3A6-7&version=KJV

Appreciation for his creation

https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe005.htm

His creation was hijacked by lies, how would you feel? https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+9%3A14-22%2C+16%3A54-62&version=RSV

His creation is a parable https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=is+55%3A10-11%2C+&version=KJV

Enoch 43 – https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe046.htm

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=dan+8%3A8-11%2C+rev+12%3A3-4&version=KJV

Ch 2

2:2-3 – 7^th day, an example in simplicity and made for us!

It’s a sign we acknowledge the creator, not man https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lev+23%3A1-4%2C+exo+31%3A15-17%2C+eze+20%3A12%2C20%2C+Mark+2%3A27-28%2C+matt+24%3A19-21&version=KJV

2:7 – Amazing passage about man and creation https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Esdras+8%3A1-14%2C37-62&version=RSV

2:9-10 – Back to the garden – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rev+22%3A1-4%2C14&version=KJV

Ch 3

3:6 – Apocalypse of Moses Ch 7 https://scriptural-truth.com/PDF_Apocrypha/Apocalypse%20Of%20Moses.pdf

– Talking snake? Jubilees 3:27-28 http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/3.htm

3:8-9 – Targum:

3:11 – Why did he allow his creature to sin (not a robot)! 1^st Adam and Eve 13 https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe018.htm

3:15 – Targum:

3:16 – ‘rule over’ https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eph+5%3A22-31&version=KJV

3:17 – cursed is the ground (not man)

Ch 4

4:7 – Sin lies at the door – you Shall rule over him (lest he rule over you)

The beginning of sacrifices: 1^st Adam and Eve 23-24 https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe028.htm
- Jasher 1:15-16 https://sacred-texts.com/chr/apo/jasher/1.htm

4:8 – Death of Abel

Jasher 1:17-26
Testament of Simeon 1:7-20 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe269.htm

Jealousy & Murder https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=james+3%3A13-18%2C+1+john+3%3A12&version=ESV

4:10-11 – Delve further into the blood – https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=lev+17%3A14%2C+gen+9%3A4&version=KJV

Why do you think people who serve satan eat or drink blood?
- Why do you think they’ve romanticized it in Hollywood? (Twilight)
  - They hate his ways!
  - https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-drink/article/3096096/foods-made-blood-around-world-dishes-recipes-and-why-people

Enoch 98:1-12 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe102.htm
Enoch 22:1-7 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe025.htm

4:15 – Cain mark and mark of the beast https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rev+9%3A3-6&version=KJV

Testament of Benjamin 1:37-end https://sacred-texts.com/bib/fbe/fbe294.htm

4:24 – Death of Cain – Jasher will have mor on this
Read Jasher 2:26-36

5:2 Male and Female, the basics satan loves to attack. We saw how he attacked

Creation of Earth
- Creation of Animals and Man
- The family unit
- Even gender confusion
- Romans 1:18-32 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A18-32&version=ESV
Standing up for male and female gender and unity is Torah!

5:5 Death of Adam, Read Life of Adam and Eve (Slavonic) 45-49:3 https://scriptural-truth.com/PDF_Apocrypha/Life%20of%20Adam%20and%20Eve.pdf

5:32 – Read the Gospel in the names of Genesis (Konoina) https://www.khouse.org/articles/1996/44

7 assemblies Rev
12 tribes in Rev (144)

Read Jasher 2:37 – 4:15 (optional)

6:3 – Many interpretations on this 120 (120 Jubilees), we will get back to it momentarily.

(check targum) 6:4 Targum too
Septuagint https://ebible.org/eng-Brenton/GEN06.htm

6:8 Read Enoch 6-10(can go longer dep on time) https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe009.htm

N.T. witnesses: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+pet+2%3A1-9%2C+jude+1%3A1-6&version=ESV
- Matt 22 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=matt+22%3A23-30&version=KJV
  - Enoch 15 https://sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/boe018.htm

Giants in Canon: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=num+13%3A30-33%2C+1+sam+17%3A1-7&version=KJV

-Jasher 4:16-21

– https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=ps+82&version=KJV

– Jasher 9:32

– Targum Gen 11 (5^th para) http://targum.info/pj/pjgen6-11.htm

Jasher 5:6-11

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