Today’s annual Torah portion is Vayigash, “And he drew near” in Genesis 44:18-47:27.
Today’s triennial Torah portion is Vayomer eleichem, “He said to them,” in Genesis 42:18-43:23.
Today’s Old Testament chronological reading is in Genesis 7 and 8.
The Psalms/ Proverbs reading is in Psalm 4.
No New Testament reading today.
Torah.
The Vayigash Outline has been expanded, and Finding Messiah in Vayigash is new today.
The Vayomer eleichem Outline is here.
Hebrew root words.
The ark that Noah made is Strong’s H8392, tebah, a concrete noun meaning, “ark,” of unknown derivation. The 3-letter root of the noun is tav + bet + hey.
tav ת = crossed sticks, thus mark, sign, signal, monument
bet ב = the house, thus house, household, family, in, within
hey ה = man w/ raised arms, thus look, reveal, wonder, worship, breath
The story: The cross (tav) within (bet) the man who worships (hey). The ark was the means of salvation for Noah, and for Moses (the same word is used to indicate the basket of reeds made by Moses’ mother). For us, the cross within, that is, Yeshua received in the heart, is our means of salvation. Thousands of years before the life of Yeshua on earth, in the world that perished, the Hebrew was preaching the Gospel of grace through faith!
Tebah is only used for Noah’s ark, and Moses’ basket of reeds. It occurs no where else in Hebrew Scripture, and is not the same word used for the ark of the covenant within the tabernacle.
When the destruction of the whole earth came,
But know that YHVH has set apart for Himself him who is godly. Psa 4:8
Gen 6:13-8:14 and Psa 4:1-8 Chiastic structures.
Links to previous studies.
Gen 7 and 8, The unchanging Gospel of salvation
Gen 8:1-14, The preservation of the righteous
Psa 4 Chiastic structure
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