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GENESIS CHAPTER 2

Genesis 1 brought us much, much information. We learned, that, “In the beginning^H7225 God^H430 created^H1254…” Let’s ask the important questions: Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why. To a degree, sadly, I’m not going to follow the logical sequence by taking the first part of the verse first. Instead, I’m going to begin with the word “God.” As we see in the verse, this is Hebrew word number H430, in our Strong’s Concordance. This Name\Title of Father is in the Hebrew “ELOHIM,” because it goes in connection with the word which follows it, that is “created.” The definition in the Strong’s is: Plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God.. We read the following in hebrew4christians.com: “The word ELOHIM is plural of EL (or possibly of ELOAH) and is the first name for God given in the Tanakh: “In the beginning, God (ELOHIM) created the heavens and the earth” (Genesis 1:1): The word ELOHIM is unique to Hebraic thinking: it occurs only in Hebrew and in no other ancient Semitic language. The masculine plural ending does not mean “gods” when referring to the True God of Israel, since the name is mainly used with singular verb forms and with adjectives and pronouns in the singular (e.g., see Genesis 1:26). However, considering the Hashalush HaKadosh (Trinity), the form indeed allows for the plurality.”. From abarim-publications.com we read: “Elohim is one of three Divine Names by which the Creator is known as he creates. The creation account is probably the most difficult and most enigmatic passages in the Bible. It starts at the beginning and it doesn’t really end. There are three stages upon which the creation unfolds. The first stage stretches from Genesis 1:1 to 2:4. During this period God is known as Elohim. From Genesis 2:4 he is known as YHWH Elohim. The third stage starts around the Noah cycle and flows over into the Abraham cycle and beyond across the rest of the Bible. Abraham, after all, was the first to believe and became not only a new creation but also the first of a new continuum of new creations. During this stage God is known as Dabar YHWH, or Word Of God.”. In Exodus 3 when Moses asks Father—after Father tells him to go to the Children of Israel and tell them that God is going to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of Egypt—What is the name of God Who shall deliver them, Father replies in Exodus 3:14, I AM THAT I AM, יehyeh יasher יehyeh in the Hebrew language. In other words, Father tells Moses, “I will be what I will be (or become).” Now let’s look at the word “created” as used in Genesis 1:1, again, as we see in the verse above, it is Hebrew word number H1254 in the Strong’s Concordance. Dr. Strong gives the following Definition: “A primitive root; (absolutely) to create, create (Creator).”. This then brings us back to the beginning of the verse, “In the beginning,” in the beginning Father Created the Heavens, which included the earth. Now, Father’s Word does not state when the beginning was, in other words, we have no idea how many years ago the beginning was. But, what we do know, is that, this time period—this dispensation of time, this Age, began and lasted—was millions, even billions of years ago. We also know—learned from reading Father’s Word, John 1:1—that, before Father even Created the Heavens and the earth, He had already Created the Office of Savior of the World, i.e., Jesus Christ: John 1:1 In^G1722 the beginning^G746 was^G2258 the^G3588 Word,^G3056 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 with^G4314 God,^G2316 and^G2532 the^G3588 Word^G3056 was^G2258 God.^G2316   —>   …the Word was God=As we read here brethren, Father and Christ are one in the same, as is His Holy Spirit; hence we have the Trinity: Father, Son, Spirit. The word “Word” as used in this verse, is Greek word number in the strong’s Concordance: G3056, - λόγος, - logos, - pronounced: log’-os, and means: From G3004; something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension a computation; specifically (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (that is, Christ): - account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work. Total KJV occurrences: 330..

We next learned from Proverbs 8:22-29, that, Father “possessed” and then “brought forth” His Wisdom. Proverbs 8 continues on and tells us, that his wisdom was “set up from everlasting, from the beginning,” from even before Father created the earth, and then He brought forth His wisdom. Brethren, our flesh mind cannot comprehend, fathom, nor understand what was before Father, Son and Holy Spirit “created.” We have no knowledge what things were like, or what was; but, we do know there was Father, Son and Spirit. So, can we piece together From Father’s Word? Yes, we did learn what transpired, we may not know the exact order or sequence, but His Word does tell us. We read in John 1:3: John 1:3 All things^G3956 were made^G1096 by^G1223 Him;^G846(Jesus Christ) and^G2532 without^G5565 Him^G846 was not^G3761 any thing^G1520 made^G1096 that^G3739 was made.^G1096, Ephesians 3:9 tells us: Ephesians 3:9 And^G2532 to make all men see^G5461 ^G3956 what^G5101 is the^G3588 fellowship^G2842 of the^G3588 mystery,^G3466 which from^G575 the^G3588 beginning of the world^G165 hath been hid^G613 in^G1722 God,^G2316 who created^G2936 all things^G3956 by^G1223 Jesus^G2424 Christ:^G5547, and one more place, in Colossians 1:16 Paul tells us: Colossians 1:16 For^G3754 by^G1722 Him^G846 were all things^G3956 created,^G2936 that^G3588 are in^G1722 heaven,^G3772 and^G2532 that^G3588 are in^G1909 earth,^G1093 visible^G3707 and^G2532 invisible,^G517 whether^G1535 they be thrones,^G2362 or^G1535 dominions,^G2963 or^G1535 principalities,^G746 or^G1535 powers:^G1849 all things^G3956 were created^G2936 by^G1223 Him,^G846 and^G2532 for^G1519 Him:^G846. Again, we may not know what order or sequence Father created all things; but, we do know He created them all. So, with that thought in mind, we know not whether Father first created us and then the earth, or the earth and then us; but, in either case, we and the heavens and earth were at some point created. When He created the earth, His Word—Isaiah 45:18—tells us that He created it in order to be inhabited by us: Isaiah 45:18 For^H3588 thus^H3541 saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 That created^H1254 the heavens;^H8064 God^H430 Himself^H1931 That formed^H3335 the earth^H776 and made^H6213 it; He^H1931 hath established^H3559 it, He created^H1254 it not^H3808 in vain,^H8414 He formed^H3335 it to be inhabited:^H3427 “I^H589 am the LORD;^H3068 and there is none^H369 else.^H5750   —>   So, we see He created the earth to be inhabited, and I believe He then created us in our spiritual bodies to be upon the earth. You might ask, so then Pastor, why does Genesis 1:2 read: Genesis 1:2 And the earth^H776 was^H1961 without form,^H8414 and void;^H922 and darkness^H2822 was upon^H5921 the face^H6440 of the deep.^H8415 And the Spirit^H7307 of God^H430 moved^H7363 upon^H5921 the face^H6440 of the waters.^H4325   —>   This is because something happened to cause the earth to become this way. After creating the heavens and the earth, Father then created us in our spiritual bodies. We—in our spiritual bodies—along with Father—also in His Spiritual body— lived here on earth with the dinosaurs which were flesh. How long we lived like this, nobody in the flesh can say, what we do know, is that the earth is millions, even billons of years old. Then something happened which caused Father to destroy that Age. What was that something? We read in Ezekiel 28 what that something was. It was one of His children—satan—first called the prince of Tyrus and then Father calls him the king of Tyre—rebelling against Him. How did satan do this? Father had elevated him to be one of the two Protectors of Father’s Mercy Seat, however, as time passed, satan decided he no longer wanted to be one of the two Protectors, he wanted to kick Father out of His Seat and sit in that seat in place of Father. When he did so, we read in Revelation 12 that he was able to draw one-third of Father’s children in rebelling with him: Revelation 12:1 And^G2532 there appeared^G3700 a great^G3173 wonder^G4592 in^G1722 heaven;^G3772 a women^G1135 clothed with^G4016 the^G3588 sun,^G2246 and^G2532 the^G3588 moon^G4582 under^G5270 her^G848 feet,^G4228 and^G2532 upon^G1909 her^G84 head^G2776 a crown^G4735 of twelve^G1427 stars:^G792 —> Who is this? In the flesh, the woman is represented by “the wives”—Leah, Rachel, and concubines Bilhah and Zilpah—of Jacob—who Father later changes his name to ISRAEL—and these twelve stars are his offspring—his twelve sons, the patriarchs of Israel—the twelve tribes of Israel. In the First Earth Age, at that time—Billions of years ago—they were the stars, or the children of God—like all of us were, before being born into this Flesh Age—in their spiritual bodies. In the First Earth Age, there were societies just as we have our societies today. There was a government and FATHER ELOHIM was the head of that government, Until—as we’ll see in these next few verses—satan — one of Father’s children fell away from Him. [12:2] And^G2532 she being with child^G2192 ^G1722 ^G1064 cried,^G2896 travailing in birth,^G5605 and^G2532 pained^G928 to be delivered.^G5088   —>   Even though Israel is Jacob—here in this verse and in other places as well—collectively—Jacob and Israel—they’ll be known as Mother Israel, and here she is getting ready to give birth to her twelve sons — the tribes of Israel. [12:3] And^G2532 there appeared^G3700 another^G243 wonder^G4592 in^G1722 heaven;^G3772 and^G2532 behold^G2400 a great^G3173 red^G4450 dragon,^G1404 having^G2192 seven^G2033 heads^G2776 and^G2532 ten^G1176 horns,^G2768 and^G2532 seven^G2033 crowns^G1238 upon^G1909 his^G848 heads.^G2776   —>   This great red dragon is none other than Father’s and our adversary: satan—in his role of the dragon and also the serpent, which are one in the same—and he—as we can read of in Ezekial 28—was head of and over some of Father’s government: — his position was of the “Protecting Cherub.” Symbolically, this women discussed in this verse is also Mary, the mother of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The reason the dragon is there, is because, as we’ll discover, he wants to destroy this child — Jesus, or at least try and keep Him from being born. Why? So that he then can take the place of Christ — Savior of the World. There are several problems with his thoughts on this though — Who is Jesus? Isaiah 7:14 and Matthew 1:23 both tell us that Immanuel in the Hebrew, and Emmanuel in the Greek is, — being interpreted — God with us. Our adversary, satan is not God—our Father, our Creator, ELOHIM—he is one of Father’s creation, and therefore, he can NEVER replace Father. [12:4] And^G2532 his^G848 tail^G3769 drew^G4951 the^G3588 third part^G5154 of the^G3588 stars^G792 of heaven,^G3772 and^G2532 did cast^G906 them^G846 to^G1519 the^G3588 earth:^G1093 and^G2532 the^G3588 dragon^G1404 stood^G2476 before^G1799 the^G3588 woman^G1135 which was ready^G3195 to be delivered,^G5088 for to^G2443 devour^G2719 her^G848 child^G5043 as soon as^G3752 it was born.^G5088   —>   This is what satan wants, and is, and has always been trying to do since the time when he rebelled against Father. He wants to prevent this child from being born because, he wants to be this child. Notice in this verse, it says that the dragon—satan—his tail drew a third part of the stars of heaven. This verse means that satan caused 1/3 of all of Father’s children to rebel with him, before this PRESENT Flesh Age we are living in. In other words, while all of us were still in our spiritual bodies, right there walking and talking with Father, I repeat: while we were right there walking and talking with Father, satan was able to draw this third of Father’s children away from Him. How very sad for our wonderful loving Father, to see His children rebel against Him, our Creator, — ELOHIM. These children of Father, stopped worshiping and loving Him, and in turn, turned and started to love and worship satan as god. Again, who are these stars? They are the spiritual beings, the angels — you and I. We know this because of Genesis 6:2, Job 1:6 and again, in Job 2:1. I want you to pay attention brethren for three of these verses say “the sons of God.” You need to understand this — in the First Earth Age, we were all “masculine” — male, hence “sons of God.” In this PRESENT Flesh Age we are both masculine and feminine — in order to bring forth children to fulfill being John 3:1-6 “born from above and through water.” In the Final Age — after the Great White Throne Judgment, after Jesus’ 1,000 year Millennial reign, we will all be “feminine” — female — because we will all become the BRIDE of Christ. [12:5] And^G2532 she brought forth^G5088 a man^G730 child,^G5207 who^G3739 was^G3195 to rule^G4165 all^G3956 nations^G1484 with^G1722 a rod^G4464 of iron:^G4603 and^G2532 her^G848 child^G5043 was caught up^G726 unto^G4314 God,^G2316 and^G2532 to His^G848 throne.^G2362   —>   Our adversary satan feels that if he can prevent this birth, he can then sit in this child’s place to “rule all nations with (this) rod of iron..” But again, Jesus is “God with us — Immanuel,” He is also the Logos — The Living Word, so satan CAN NEVER replace Jesus — he cannot win this controversy between him and Father; — he cannot win this war — IT IS WRITTEN. But, sadly, satan’s ego is falsely leading him to believe he can win this controversy between he and Father, and that he can change the Word of God. So anyway, because of satan rebelling and drawing one-third of Father’s children with him when he did, this angered Father to the point that He brought about the katabolē, in the Greek language. What was the katabolē you ask? It was the casting down of satan, the destruction of the First Earth Age. What happened and what did Father do? Peter tells us exactly what happened in II Peter 3:5-6, which reads: II Peter 3:5 For^G1063 this^G5124 they^G846 (this they, is man, including many, many Christians) willingly^G2309 are ignorant of,^G2990 that^G3754 by the^G3588 word^G3056 of God^G2316 the heavens^G3772 were^G2258 of old,^G1597 and^G2532 the earth^G1093 standing^G4921 out of^G1537 the water^G5204 and^G2532 in^G1223 the water:^G5204   —>   Peter is not cutting any slack, he is telling it like it is. Man is “willingly” ignorant of something. We’ll get to both, what that something is, and the ignorance part. But, first, let’s look at this word: “willingly” in our Strong’s Concordance, when we do, we find that it is Greek word number: G2309, - θέλωi, or ἐθέλω, - thelō, or ethelō, - pronounced: thel’-o, or eth-el’-o, and means: Either the first or the second form may be used. In certain tenses θελέω theleō thel-eh’-o (and ἐθέλέω etheleō eth-el-eh’-o) are used, which are otherwise obsolete; apparently strengthened from the alternate form of G138; to determine (as an active voice option from subjective impulse; whereas G1014 properly denotes rather a passive voice acquiescence in objective considerations), that is, choose or prefer (literally or figuratively); by implication to wish, that is, be inclined to (sometimes adverbially gladly); impersonally for the future tense, to be about to; by Hebraism to delight in: - desire, be disposed (forward), intend, list, love, mean, please, have rather, (be) will (have, -ling, -ling [ly]). Total KJV occurrences: 210.. OK, so Peter is telling us, that man, again, this includes Christians, are “willingly, purposefully, happily, joyfully and by choice,” ignorant of something which took place. That something that they are willingly ignorant of is what he tells us in the rest of the verse and the up-coming verse, that the earth was standing out of the water and then in the water. What does this mean? It means that the earth had no water on it and then the waters came crashing down onto the earth. Why did Father cause the water to come crashing down? Because of what His children did when they rebelled against Him. His anger was fierce, burning hot. His Children today are ignorant of this Fact because they chose to be so, it is all written in His Word: [3:6] Whereby^G1223 ^G3739 the^G3588 world^G2889 that then^G5119 was, being overflowed^G2626 with water,^G5204 perished:^G622   —>   Brethren, this isn’t the flood of Noah’s day, as that flood only lasted 40 days and nights. This flood of waters caused the Age to perish. We can all agree that there was an “ice age” before the age we are currently living in; Father’s Word and science agree and do not conflict. Father was so angry at His children, including satan who caused one-third of Father’s children to rebel with him, that Father brought about the katabolē, the casting down of satan, and the Age. In doing so, He brought about this current Age we are presently living in. Father told us through His Prophet Jeremiah concerning His destruction of the First Age. Let’s turn to Jeremiah 4 and read of it: Jeremiah 4:22 For^H3588 my people^H5971 is foolish,^H191 they have not^H3808 known^H3045 Me; they^H1992 are sottish^H5530 children,^H1121 and they^H1992 have none^H3808 understanding:^H995 they^H1992 are wise^H2450 to do evil,^H7489 but to do good^H3190 they have no^H3808 knowledge.^H3045   —>   Father is showing His disappointment in His Children—us—here. The word “sottish” in the Strong’s Concordance, is Hebrew word number: H5530, - סכל, - sakal, - pronounced: saw-kawlי, and means: From H5528; Silly: - Fool (-ish), Sottish. Total KJV occurrences: 7.. So we see that He is telling us that He is disappointed in His Children because of their foolishness and stupidity in listening to, and being deceived by, false preachers, and “unknowledgeable preachers.” Listen, for He says, “if you don’t think that I am going to bring destruction at the seventh trumpet of this Earth Age, you had better look back at the First Earth Age, because satan rebelled then, and I destroyed that Earth Age.” Father is setting the stage for us here as to what He did to end that First Earth Age, and it is an example of what He is going to do at the end of this Age of flesh man. He is reminding us—His Children—that we have been foolish because we always listen to man and their foolish traditions. Sadly, most of His Children prefer not to Study His Word, but instead prefer to listen to the foolish doctrines of men’s traditions. Who do you listen to brethren, man or Father? The definition of one who has no knowledge and not Father is stupid. [4:23] I beheld^H7200 ^(H853) the earth,^H776 and, lo,^H2009 it was without form,^H8414 and void;^H922 and the heavens,^H8064 and they had no^H369 light.^H216   —>   Again, this is Father speaking through His Prophet Jeremiah; and He is telling us how the earth looked after He brought about the katabolē. …without form and void…=This is directly from Genesis 1:2 and is tôhû-va-bôhû in the Hebrew language. [4:24] I beheld^H7200 the mountains,^H2022 and, lo,^H2009 they trembled,^H7493 and all^H3605 the hills^H1389 moved lightly.^H7043   —>   The mountains did not tremble nor the hills move lightly during the flood of Noah’s day. [4:25] I beheld,^H7200 and, lo,^H2009 there was no^H369 man,^H120 and all^H3605 the birds^H5775 of the heavens^H8064 were fled.^H5074   —>   We still had Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives, plus two of every race aboard the ark during the flood of Noah’s day. [4:26] I beheld,^H7200 and, lo,^H2009 the fruitful place^H3759 was a wilderness,^H4057 and all^H3605 the cities^H5892 thereof were broken down^H5422 at the presence^H4480 ^H6440 of the LORD,^H3068 and by^H4480 ^H6440 His fierce^H2740 anger.^H369   —>   Notice we had cities during the First Earth Age brethren; but, Father destroyed them when He brought about the katabolē. Peter continues in II Peter 3, and tells us Father will do the same thing at the end of this Age: II Peter 3:10 But^G1161 the^G3588 day^G2250 of the LORD^G2962 will come^G2240 as^G5613 a thief^G2812 in^G1722 the night;^G3571 in^G1722 the which^G3739 the^G3588 heavens^G3772 shall pass away^G3928 with a great noise,^G4500 and^G1161 the elements^G4747 shall melt^G3089 with fervent heat,^G2741 the earth^G1093 also^G2532 and^G2532 the^G3588 works^G2041 that are therein^G1722 ^G846 shall be burned up.^G2618   —>   Let’s check out this word “elements” in our Strong’s Concordance brethren, when we do, we find it is Greek word number: G4747, - στοιχεῖον, - stoicheion, - pronounced: stoy-khi’-on, and means: Neuter of a presumed derivative of the base of G4748; something orderly in arrangement, that is, (by implication) a serial (basal, fundamental, initial) constituent (literally), proposition (figuratively): - element, principle, rudiment. Total KJV occurrences: 7.. These “elements” are not the elements which you and I think of today, which are found on our Periodic Table of Elements—click here—such as gold, iron, oxygen and so on; but, they are all the “evil rudiments” which go to make up all the evil we are witnessing right now in this Earth Age. This includes the evil spirits, the fallen angels, and all the things and forms of idolatry which are causing flesh man to sin. The time of this burning will be at Father’s appointed time. [3:11] Seeing then^G3767 that all^G3956 these things^G5130 shall be dissolved,^G3089 what manner^G4217 of persons ought^G1163 ye^G5209 to be^G5225 in^G1722 all holy^G40 conversation^G391 and^G2532 godliness,^G2150   —>   What did Peter say? If Father is going to burn-up all the evilness, why would you want to be a part of that evilness? Your walk with Father ought to be such, that you are Pleasing to Father. [3:12] Looking for^G4328 and^G2532 hasting^G4692 unto the^G3588 coming^G3952 of the^G3588 day^G2250 of God,^G2316 wherein^G1223 ^G3739 the heavens^G3772 being on fire^G4448 shall be dissolved,^G3089 and^G2532 the elements^G4747 shall melt^G5080 with fervent heat?^G2741   —>   …hasting unto…=Here, Peter is telling us that man can neither hinder nor advance the Kingdom of Father YHVH; but, here also, he is meaning “Looking for, yes and earnestly looking for, the coming of the Day of God”. [3:13] Nevertheless^G1161 we, according^G2596 to His^G846 promise,^G1862 look for^G4328 new^G2537 heavens^G3772 and^G2532 a new^G2537 earth,^G1093 wherein^G1722 ^G3739 dwelleth^G2730 righteousness.^G1343   —>   …new…=Not new brethren, but rejuvenated. In other words, set back in their natural Order, they way Father Created them.

Genesis 1:3-25 brought us the Creation of Darkness and Light, night and day on the First Day; Waters, and the division of the waters on the Second Day; grass and trees and their seed upon the earth on the Third Day; the sun and the moon to bring light upon the earth during the day and the night on the Fourth Day; whales and every kind of fish in the seas and in the lakes, and all the fowls in the air on the Fifth Day.

Then, in Genesis 1:26-31 Father created all the different Races on the SIXTH DAY. These different races of people as we learned; were\are the angles from heaven and had been with Father, and Father had “asked them IF they would be born in the flesh.” Now, these Races of people also would NOT be the LINE THROUGH WHICH FATHER HIMSELF WOULD COME IN THE FLESH as His Only Begotten Son Jesus Christ as, THAT WOULD BE THROUGH A DIFFERENT SEEDLINE. This LINE we will read of in This Chapter. So, picking it up then in Genesis 2, let’s go to verse 2:1.

With that introduction being said, let’s go to Father and ask Him for His Blessings on our Study of His Word: “Father, I come to You right now and ask that You Oh LORD Lead me and Guide me as I try and teach Your Word, don’t allow me to mis-teach or mis-lead Your Children. We, Father, also come to You as a group who desire to Learn Your Word, to thank You for inviting us to Your table in order that we might be able to partake of and receive Your Spiritual Meat, and Father, as we prepare to dine on the sustenance which sustains our inner man, we ask that You Oh LORD open our ears and eyes, that we might be able to hear and see your Truths, open our hearts and minds and prepare us in order that we may receive Your Truth. We Pray for Your Understanding of Your Word, we seek Your Knowledge in Your Word, and most importantly Father, we Pray for and desire Your Wisdom from Your Word, in Jesus’ Precious name we Pray, thank You Father, Amen.”

THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A
    WHOLE. (Division.)
Genesis 1:1-2:3 THE INTRODUCTION.
Genesis 1:1-2:3 THE INTRODUCTION.
    (Alternation.)
1:1 “THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS”
    (II Peter 3:6). IT’S CREATION IN
    ETERNITY PAST.
1:2 “THE WORLD THAT THEN WAS”
    IT’S END. RUIN.
1:2-31 “THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
    WHICH ARE NOW” (II Peter 3:7) THEIR
    CREATION IN TIME PRESENT. (THE SIX DAYS)
2:1-3 THEIR END. BLESSING.
1A1
Genesis 2:1 Thus the heavens^H8064 and the earth^H776 were finished,^H3615 and all^H3605 the host^H6635 of them.   —>   Heaven and earth are created, Father’s Wisdom is there and now, The Sons of God—all of us—everybody except some of the 6^th day Created man—masculine—in our Spiritual bodies in the First Earth age—are there in heaven with Him waiting to be born of the flesh. Each soul having the “free-will” to choose to be born or not. The SIXTH DAY Creation of man is now populating the earth in this the Flesh Age, these people also in the flesh have “free-will” to choose whether they will Love Father or not. If they choose “to be born in the flesh,” they will eventually be able to be with Him during the final Earth Age which lasts for an eternity—Always was—Always will be—if they pass Father’s test at the end of this Flesh Age, and if they pass the test at the end of Christ’s 1,000 year Millennial Reign. If they choose “no—they will NOT be born in the flesh,”—they will NOT be given the opportunity to learn the Truth during the Millennium—they will go into the Lake of Fire at the very moment of Jesus’ return for His Second Advent. We will see when we come to Genesis 6, that there were some who chose NOT TO BE BORN in the flesh, but instead, saw flesh women and came to mate with them.

This opportunity though is NOT a “second or third” chance, as man in the flesh either has their eyes closed BY FATHER for their own protection, or because they have listened to “man” and NOT Father.

The word “host” as used here in this verse, is in the Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew word number: H6635, - צָבָאi, or צְבָאָה, tsâbâ', or tsebâ'âh, - pronounced: tsaw-bawי, or tseb-aw-awי, and means: From H6633, a mass of persons (or figurative things), especially regularly organized for war (an army), by implication a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically hardship, worship): - appointed time, (+)army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war (-fare). Total KJV occurrences: 484.. In other words, it shows a binding unity within each race of people, and also used for an army.

Either way, Father is now complete with His creating of the days: — Days One through Six.
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Genesis 2:2 And on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 God^H430 ended^H3615 His work^H4399 which^H834 He had made;^H6213 and He rested^H7673 on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 from all^H4480 ^H3605 His work^H4399 which^H834 He had made.^H6213   —>   And=Did you notice this verse started with the word “and” brethren? The use of multiple and(s) in Father’s Word indicates a “Polysyndeton”—click here for the definition of this word. These consecutive or multiple uses of the word and, are used to highlight and emphasize each detail and point.

Father has completed His “Work” — creating all the plant and animal life, and all the different races\ethnicities of man. Man was last in the line of creating, man was also given dominion over all plant and animal life.

If we were to go and find the “book of the Sanhedrin, viii, 7” from the Second Century A.D., we could read the question in that book: — “Why was man created last?” The answer in the Book, would also read: — “That the heretics might not say there was a companion with Him in the “Work,” i.e., that man should not have claim to share with Him.” In other words, “so that no man could then claim that he assisted Father ELOHIM in His creative process.

So, now the creative process of the first six days is complete, and Father stopped creating at the end of the sixth day. II Peter 3:8 tells us that II Peter 3:8 …that one day is with the LORD as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.. Then as we read here in this verse in Genesis 2:2, “…and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made..” The seventh day “rest” was and is created for “man” NOT Father, as Father doesn’t need a rest.

…seventh…=The number “six” in Biblical Numerics denotes the number for “Man;” the number “seven” denotes Spiritual Completion or Spiritual Perfection; and I should have mentioned in the Study of Genesis 1:1-2, that the number “four” denotes “earth” as in “North, South, East and West,” the “four winds” and such. If you’re interested in learning of the different meanings of numbers in Scripture, here are two good references, both by Dr. Bullinger: The Spiritual Significance of Numbers, Companion Bible Appendix: 10 and Number in Scripture. Father created this Age in roughly 6,000 years. Oh, He could have done so in much less time than that, as time has no meaning to Him, but He was taking His time setting things as and When He wanted them.

God=As used in this verse, this is אלהים, ELOHIM—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices,: ELOHIM—the genus God, in other words, Father in His role of Creator of all things. From Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible, Appendix 4: “ELOHIM occurs 2,700 times. Its first occurrence connects it with creation, and gives it its essential meaning as the Creator. It indicates His relation to mankind as His creatures (see note on II Chronicles 18:31, where it stands in contrast with YEHOVAH as indicating covenant relationship). ELOHIM is God the Son, the living “WORD” with creature form to create (John 1:1; Colossians 1:15-17; Revelation 3:14); and later, with human form to redeem (John 1:14). “Begotten of His Father before all worlds; born of His mother, in the world.” In this creature form He appeared to the Patriarchs, a form not temporarily assumed.”. Dr. Bullinger further notes in his Companion notes to this verse, that “(with Art.) = the [true] God.”.
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Genesis 2:3 And God^H430 blessed^H1288 ^(H853) the seventh^H7637 day,^H3117 and sanctified^H6942 it: because^H3588 that in it He had rested^H7673 from all^H4480 ^H3605 His work^H4399 which^H834 God^H430 created^H1254 and made.^H6213   —>   In Genesis 1:1-2, Father had created the heaven and the earth and then destroyed the earth because of satan’s rebellion. He then made it a void wasteful place for a period of time which man cannot formulate in his mind—we can speculate and guess, but we really do not know—and then He again rejuvenated His earth. After He created the plants and animals, He then created man and told man to replenish—or repopulate—the earth. So, now, He blesses the seventh day and creates it as a rest day for man.

Genesis 2:4-4:26 “THE GENERATIONS
    OF THE HEAVENS AND OF THE EARTH.”
2:4-25 BEFORE the fall. Man in
    probation.
2:4-25 MAN BEFORE THE FALL.
    (Introversion and Extended Alternation.)
2:4 The earth for man and woman.
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Genesis 2:4 These^H428 are THE GENERATIONS^H8435 OF THE HEAVENS^H8064 AND OF THE EARTH^H776 when they were created,^H1254 in the day^H3117 that the LORD^H3068 God^H430 made^H6213 the earth^H776 and the heavens.^H8064   —>   The word “generations” as used here in this verse, is in the Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew word number: H8435, - תּולדהi, or תּלדה, - tôledâh, or tôledâh, - pronounced: to-led-awי, or to-led-awי, and means: From H3205; (plural only) descent, that is, family; (figuratively) history: - birth, generations. Total KJV occurrences: 39.. Now let’s look at H3205, - ילד, - yâlad, - pronounced: yaw-ladי, and means: A primitive root; to bear young, causatively to beget, medically to act as midwife, specifically to show lineage: - bear, beget, birth ([-day]), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail (-eth, -ing woman). Total KJV occurrences: 497.. So, what this verse is telling us, is that Father’s offspring are “The Sons of God — the Angels, who are also flesh man, IF they chose to be born in the flesh.”

The LORD=This Title of Father as used here in this verse, is Father in His Role of יְהֹוָה, YHVH—from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendices: YHVH, YAHVEH, or YEHOVAH—the sacred and personal name of Father. While Elohim is God as the Creator of all things, YEHOVAH is the same God in covenant relation to those whom He has created (compare II Chronicles 18:31). YEHOVAH means the Eternal, the Immutable One, He Who WAS, and IS, and IS TO COME. The Divine definition is given in Genesis 21:33. He is especially, therefore, the God of Israel; and the God of those who are redeemed, and are thus now “in Christ”. We can say “My God,” but not “My YEHOVAH,” for YEHOVAH is “MY God.”. This is the very first use of Father’s name YHVH in His Word.

2:5 The earth for man and
    woman.
2:5 For the ground, no man.
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Genesis 2:5 And every^H3605 plant^H7880 of the field^H7740 before^H2962 it was^H1961 in the earth,^H776 and every^H3605 herb^H6212 of the field^H7740 before^H2962 it grew:^H6779
for^H3588 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had not^H3808 caused it to rain^H4305 upon^H5921 the earth,^H776 and there was not^H369 a man^H120 to till^H5647 ^(H853) the ground.^H127   —>   Every plant, herb, animal, and man, was created before Father placed upon the earth. They were all created for the earth, but they also were created before they were placed upon the earth. All the races of man were created on the sixth day, but Father had not yet created a farmer to till the ground.

It is IMPORTANT to understand what this phrase “to till the ground” means: it means to prepare the soil to receive “Good Seed” both Physically—the literal ground, soil—and Spiritually—human body—i.e., the mind to receive the Seeds of Truth of Father’s Word. We can find both of these laid out in a Parable by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 13. I have written the Study on it, it is a very in-depth study, BUT Necessary to understanding Father’s Word, and remember it is Jesus Christ teaching, not a man.

2:6 The ground and
    vegetable creation.
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Genesis 2:6 But there went up^H5927 a mist^H108 from^H4480 the earth,^H776 and watered^H8248 ^(H853) the whole^H3605 face^H6440 of the ground.^H127   —>   It is only now that the plants and herbs can grow, AFTER they are watered. Same with man — ONLY AFTER Receiving The Living Waters can we Live and Grow. It is Jesus Who is The Living Waters and without Him we have NO LIFE.

2:7 The formation of man.
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Genesis 2:7 And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 ^(H853) man^H120 of the dust^H6083 of the ground,^H127 and breathed^H5301 into his nostrils^H639 the breath^H5397 of life;^H2416 and man^H120 became^H1961 a living^H2416 soul.^H5315   —>   Father created all things on the first six days of creation of this earth age, then on the seventh day He rested. This then, is now the day after the seventh day, which we’ll call the EIGHTH DAY. What does Father do on the EIGHTH Day? He forms another man which we’ll call the EIGHTH Day Created man. I’ll explain this in a moment, but first, let’s look at three different words that Father used in “making,” “creating” and “forming” man. Since we are here in Genesis 2:7, we’ll go in reverse order, starting with the word “formed.” In the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H3335, - יצר, - yâtsar, - pronounced: yaw-tsarי, and means: probably identical with H3334 (through the squeezing into shape); (compare H3331); to mould into a form, especially as a potter, figuratively to determine (that is, form a resolution): - X earthen, fashion, form, frame, make (-r), potter, purpose. Total KJV occurrences: 62.. Did you read that? “Like a potter forming clay” as can be read in Isaiah 64:8.

Next we have “created” from Genesis 1:27 and in the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H1254, - בּרא, - bârâ', - pronounced: baw-rawי, and means: A primitive root, (absolutely) to create, (qualified) to cut down (a wood), select, feed (as formative processes): - choose, create (Creator), cut down, dispatch, do, make (fat). Total KJV occurrences: 54.. So in other words, to select, to choose, or to create.

The third word in this process is the word “make” from Genesis 1:26 and in the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H6213, - עשׂה, - ‛âśâh, - pronounced: aw-sawי, and means: A primitive root, to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application: - accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress (-ed), (put in) execute (-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, [fight-] ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfil, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ([a feast]), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, practise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be [warr-] ior, work (-man), yield, use. Total KV occurrences: 2633.. So, we see that “make” means: to bring forth, or to fashion.

Now something else we HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO, is the word “man.” We learned in the last Study during the covering of verses Genesis 1:26-27 that, the word meant Ruddy and was used for mankind in general; however, here in this verse, IN THE HEBREW MANUSCRIPTS and the MASSORETIC TEXTS — WHICH RECORD AND LOCK IN THE SCRIPTURES, written by Ezra and Nehemiah, it is recorded that the word “man” as used in this verse is punctuated and highlighted and written “ETH-HA-ADHAM” H121, - אֵתאָדָם or in the English language “THE MAN, ADAM” referring to this particular man, named Adam—not the Sixth Day created man. IT IS THIS PARTICULAR MAN — ADAM—AND HIS OFFSPRING—THROUGH WHICH FATHER WILL BECOME FLESH. This man and his offspring ARE NOT TO MIX with the Sixth Day Created man — This seedline has to, and needs to, stay PURE in order to keep the genealogy straight and pure.

Matthew 1:1-17—Joseph’s genealogy, which has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus—and Luke 3:23-38—Mary’s genealogy on her father’s side—both give us our documentation that this is true, and did come to pass. Paul states in I Corinthians 15:21-23 that sin came into the world by the first Adam—eth-ha-adam, man—however, by and through the second Adam—Jesus Christ—all shall be made alive. Jesus is the first fruits—to come out of the grave to everlasting life—and then “they that are Jesus’ at His coming.” There was death by the first Adam, and salvation by Christ Himself — The Second Adam.

Notice also, and pay attention to, the fact in Genesis 1:26-27 that Father created both male and female. Here, He only at first “forms” the male and NOT the female, not yet anyway.

Also pay attention to, and think about this: — IF we all descended from Adam and Eve, shouldn’t\wouldn’t we all have common\matching DNA? It is just genetically impossible for each different race of persons to have all descended from the same two people, especially considering that Father formed Eve from Adam’s DNA. Think deep on this, has an Asian couple ever produced a black child, has an black couple ever produced a caucasian child? No! Has a mating lion couple ever produced a hyena, or a pair of Labrador Retrievers, a German Shephard? NO! Same thing with Wolves, the entire dog population did not descend from wolves, Father created different dog breeds and then man started mating different breeds to make different breeds.

2:8 The Garden.
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Genesis 2:8 (And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 planted^H5193 a garden^H1588 Eastward^H4480 ^H6924 in Eden^H5731 (pleasure; and, pleasure) (Ehי-den); and there^H8033 He put^H7760 ^(H853) the man^H120 whom^H834 He had formed.^H3335   —>   It is here, in this garden of “Paradise” that Father put The Man — The Seed-Line though which He Himself would become flesh. As Paul tells us in Acts 10:34, father is not a respecter of persons; however, He needed to keep this line separate, in order for them to stay pure. He COULD NOT be born of a tainted seed line. Remember, He is YHVH—יהוה, YHVH, or Yahveh, the sacred and personal name of Father—and He knows what is going to happen in the future — what man, even this seed-line would\will do.
Eden
Eden=Paradise, the Garden of Father. IF it is Paradise and Father’s Garden, that means it is a place Very Special to Father, one very near and dear to His heart. I would even venture to say that it is His Most Favorite Place in all His Created universe. This, then, would also logically be where He dwells or resides. It would also make sense then, that, when He formed Adam—“ETH-HA-ADHAM” H121, - אֵתאָדָם or in the English language “THE MAN, ADAM”—the very lineage through which He would become flesh, that He would place The man Adam in Eden, His most favorite place! Where is Father’s most favorite place in all His Created Universe? The Land of Canaan—the land of Milk and Honey, the Promised Land—and more specifically, Jerusalem, the very place He took to wife as read in Ezekiel 16:8; the very place where He was rejected and then crucified. It is also the very specific place satan tried to pollute when he seduced Eve; to which the fallen angels came to mate with flesh women which produced the hybrid giants, and also the very spot—Jebus—where he had his children infiltrate brother Judah in order to try and claim the land as their own. They are the Bad Figs of Jeremiah 24. † For the etymology of the name Eden, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “There is some dispute over the meaning of the name Eden. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List and even the Septuagint note that Eden is similar to the Hebrew word עדן (eden) meaning finery, luxury, delight: Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary and Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament nevertheless claim the name Eden from the Akkadian word edinu based on the Sumerian word eden, meaning Plain, Steppe. Whatever the original name-giver meant to say with the name Eden is unclear, but any Hebrew audience would have heard a meaning of Delight or Luxury. For a meaning of the name Eden, The NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Delight, Pleasantness. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names renders Paradise, A Place Of Delight.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H5731, - עדן, - ssיEden, - pronounced: ayי-den, and means: The same as H5730; pleasure; (masculine); Eden, the region of Adam’s home: - Eden. Total KJV occurrences: 16.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “pleasure. The first residence of man, called in the Septuagint Paradise. The latter is a word of Persian origin, and describes an extensive tract of pleasure land, somewhat like an English park; and the use of it suggests a wider view of man's first abode than a garden. The description of Eden is found in Genesis 2:8-14. In the eastern portion of the region of Eden was the garden planted. The Hiddekel, one of its rivers, is the modern Tigris; the Euphrates is the same as the modern Euphrates. With regard to the Pison and Gihon a great variety of opinion exists, but the best authorities are divided between (1) Eden as in northeast Arabia, at the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris, and their separation again, making the four rivers of the different channels of these two, or (2), and most probably, Eden as situated in Armenia, near the origin of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, and in which same region rise the Araxes (Pison of Genesis) and the Oxus (Gihon).”.

2:9 The Trees.
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Genesis 2:9 And out of^H4480 the ground^H127 made the LORD^H3068 God^H430 to grow^H6779 every^H3605 tree^H6086 that is pleasant^H2530 to the sight,^H4758 and good^H2896 for food;^H3978 The Tree^H6086 of Life^H2416 also in the midst^H8432 of the Garden,^H1588 and the tree^H6086 of knowledge^H1847 of good^H2896 and evil.^H7451   —>   This verse is a Very Important verse, and once again, we have to pay very close attention to what is being said.

First, this garden is a very special garden because, it is where Father walks, and has a very close relationship with this particular line of peoples. This is NOT to say that he didn’t walk and talk with all the races of the Sixth Day Creation, it is just that; again this is the line through which He will come in the flesh.

Secondly, Father uses “trees” to describe Himself in Hosea 14:8, and also to “symbolically” describe man.—Off subject for a moment, BUT not too far off—Question for you: — ACCORDING TO FATHER’S WORD, how many times—if any—did Jesus Christ walk this earth, in this age, BEFORE BEING BORN IN THE FLESH by His mother Mary? Answer: At least three (1) In the Garden of Eden (which we’ll discover here, here in a second); (2) In Genesis 14:18-20—as Melchizedek — Who He IS, and received tithes of Abram — first offering Abram bread and wine—The Communion Sacraments—and (3) In Daniel 3:23-28 — when He walked with, and protected, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego). And, I would venture to say that in every instance in Father’s Word where or when we read of “The Angel of the LORD.”

So then, returning to where we were… …Tree…=Let’s look at this word tree in our Strong’s Concordance, when we do, we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6086, - עֵץ, - ‛êts, - pronounced: ates, and means: From H6095; a tree (from its firmness); hence wood (plural sticks): - + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. Total KJV occurrences: 329.. Think of your body, our main portion is referred to as the “trunk,” this is for a reason, likewise also our arms and legs are called “limbs.”

With these thoughts in mind, let’s look at these two trees which are mentioned in verse v2:9: The Tree of Life IS JESUS CHRIST — ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE, He was taken away from man in the Garden of Eden when first Eve and then Adam sinned, but also as can be read in Genesis 3:24, and in The Book of Revelation, Chapter Revelation 22, He will be returned to man.

The tree of knowledge of good and evil, is satan — again, always was—after he fell—and always will be. Father proves that to us, as we’ll see, here in this Chapter in verse v2:17 and also, if we read Ezekiel 31 with knowledge and understanding. There, he is referred to as “The Assyrian,” —a tree that is higher than all the other trees — this was satan in his position as one of the two PROTECTORS OF FATHER’S MERCY SEAT.

2:10-14 The Rivers.
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Genesis 2:10 And a river^H5104 went out^H3318 of Eden^H4480 ^H5731 to water^H8248 ^(H853) the garden;^H1588 and from thence^H4480 ^H8033 it was parted,^H6504 and became^H1961 into four^H702 heads.^H7218   —>   This river was actually the Persian Gulf—which is what the Accadians called and still do call it—in which the river became 4 mouths or heads at spots where they flowed into the source which received them and fed them.

…four…=The number “four” in biblical numerics denotes: earth—“Created works”. Everything about the earth is divided into four: the four quarters, the four seasons, the four points of the compass, and on and on. We can read the following from Dr. Bullinger’s Companion Bible Appendix 4: “Four. Denotes creative works (3+1), and always has reference to the material creation, as pertaining to the earth, and things “under the sun,” and things terrestrial.,” and from his Book Number In Scripture: “We have seen that three signifies Divine perfection. Now the number four is made up of three and one (3+1=4), and it denotes, therefore, and marks that which follows the revelation of God, namely, His creative works. He is known by the things that are seen. Hence the written revelation commences with the words, “In-the-beginning God CREATED.” Creation is therefore the next thing—the fourth thing, and the number four always has reference to all that is created. It is emphatically the number of Creation, of man in his relation to the world as created; while six is the number of man in his opposition to and independence of God. It is the number of things that have a beginning, of things that are made, of material things, and matter itself. It is the number of material completeness. Hence it is the world number, and especially the “city” number. The fourth day saw the material creation finished (for on the fifth and sixth days it was only the furnishing and peopling of the earth with living creatures). The sun, moon, and stars completed the work, and they were to give light upon the earth which had been created, and to rule over the day and over the night (Genesis 1:14-19). Four is the number of the great elements—earth, air, fire, and water. Four are the regions of the earth—north, south, east, and west. Four are the divisions of the day—morning, noon, evening, and midnight. Or in our Lord’s words, when He speaks of His coming at evening, midnight, cock-crowing, or in the morning (Mark 13:35). We are never to put off His coming in our minds beyond tomorrow morning. Four are the seasons of the year—spring, summer, autumn, and winter. Four are the great variations of the lunar phases.”.
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Genesis 2:11 The name^H8034 of the first^H259 is Pison^H6376 (dispersive; and, flowing freely) (pee-shoneי): that is it^H1931 which compasseth^H5437 ^(H853) the whole^H3605 land^H776 of Havilah^H2341 (circular; and, circle) (khav-ee-lawי), where^H834 ^H8033 there is gold;^H2091   —>   The Pison River is a river west of the Euphrates called, “Pallukat,” it is in the region of “Nabonidos, or the Pallakopas Canal.” The river Pallukat, — or Pison, at the time encircled the northern borders of the great Sandy desert, which stretched westward to the Mountain chain of Midian and the Siani.

The land of Havilah was known as the region of the sand, as recorded in Genesis 25:18. The desert “Shur” which was a desert East of the Gulf of Suez, would be the border on the east end of Havilah.
Pison
Pison=The Pison River is a river west of the Euphrates called, “Pallukat,” it is in the region of “Nabonidos, or the Pallakopas Canal.” The river Pallukat, — or Pison, at the time encircled the northern borders of the great Sandy desert, which stretched westward to the Mountain chain of Midian and the Siani. † For the etymology of the name Pison, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “In Hebrew the name Pishon could be derived from פוש (push) meaning to spring about or to be scattered: Here at Abarim Publications we suspect that the name Pishon may be a Hebraized form of the Sanskrit name for the Indus, namely Sindhu (hence the names India and Hindu). The word Sindhu consists of sim, meaning region, and dhu, meaning to shake or tremble. Since the Pishon is the first river, the Pi- part may even come from פה (peh), meaning mouth: The name Pishon possibly refers to a river that originates from a spring and forms into a delta. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Great Diffusion. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Freely Flowing. Here at Abarim Publications we propose Mouth Of The Region or even Valley Region.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6376, - פִּישׁוֹן, - pı̂yshôn, - pronounced: pee-shoneי, and means: From H6335; dispersive; Pishon, a river of Eden: - Pison. Total KJV occurrences: 1.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Babylonian, the current, broad-flowing, one of the “four heads” into which the river which watered the garden of Eden was divided Genesis 2:11. Some identify it with the modern Phasis, others with the Halys, others the Jorak or Acampis, others the Jaab, the Indus, the Ganges, etc.”.
Havilah
Havilah=The land of Havilah was known as “the region of the sand.” Genesis 25:18 tells us that it was before you came to Egypt if you were heading toward Assyria. The “Shur” Dessert was the border on the east end of Havilah. † For the etymology of the name Havilah, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Havilah comes from the root group חול (hul) and can be interpreted in many ways: There is a difficulty, however. When the letter waw is a consonant (as it is in the name Havilah) it is a completely different letter than when it is a vowel (as in the verb חול), and there must be a very good reason why a vowel changes to a consonant (the same problem occurs with the name David). Perhaps it is to deliberately point at some other words. Perhaps to the root group חוה (hwh): The final part of the name Havilah may then be recognized to come from the word להה (laha), meaning to languish or faint. This word occurs only in Genesis 47:13. Following these leads gives Havilah the additional meaning of Languishing Village, or Exhausted Revelation. For a meaning of the name Havilah, new Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Circle, and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names has Bringing Fort, or Trembling (with pain). Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary does not translate but endorses an etymology from חול.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2341, - חֲוִילָה, - chăvı̂ylâh, - pronounced: khav-ee-lawי, and means: Probably from H2342; circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men: - Havilah. Total KJV occurrences: 7.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “the sand region. A land mentioned in Genesis 2:11 rich in gold and bdellium and onyx stone. The question as to the locality of this region has given rise to a great diversity of opinion. It may perhaps be identified with the sandy tract which skirts Babylonia along the whole of its western border, stretching from the lower Euphrates to the mountains of Edom. A district in Arabia-Felix. It is uncertain whether the tribe gave its name to this region or derived its name from it, and whether it was originally a Cushite Genesis 10:7 or a Joktanite tribe 10:29; compare with 25:18, or whether there were both a Cushite and a Joktanite Havilah. It is the opinion of Kalisch, however, that Havilah “in both instances designates the same country, extending at least from the Persian to the Arabian Gulf, and on account of its vast extent easily divided into two distinct parts.” This opinion may be well vindicated.”.
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Genesis 2:12 And the gold^H2091 of that^H1931 land^H776 is good:^H2896 there^H8033 is Bdellium^H916 (something in pieces; or, bedolach) (bed-oי-lakh) and the onyx^H7718 (to blanch; or, a nail) (shoי-ham) stone.^H68   —>   Bdellium=ssBdelliumss was most likely a sspearlss in color. † From the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H916, - בְּדֹלַח, - bedôlach, pronounced - bed-oי-lakh, and means: Probably from H914; something in pieces; that is, bdellium, a (fragrant) gum (perhaps amber), others a pearl: - bdellium. Total KJV occurrences: 2.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “(bedolach). Genesis 2:12; Numbers 11:7. It is quite impossible to say whether bedolach denotes a mineral or an animal production or a vegetable exudation. Bdellium is an odoriferous exudation from a tree which is perhaps the Borassus flabelliformis, Lin., of Arabia Felix.”.
Onyx
Onyx=There is some confusion as to which stone\gem and color onyx was: Some suggest that it was black onyx, which of course would be black; some suggest that it was possibly ssberylss due to it’s sspale greeninshss color; then there are others who suggest that it was the sardonyx which was a ssbanded agatess. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H7718, - שֹׁהַם, - shôham, - pronounced: shoי-ham, and means: From an unused root probably meaning to blanch; a gem, probably the beryl (from its pale green color): - onyx. Total KJV occurrences: 11.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A nail is the translation of the Hebrew shoham; but there is some doubt as to its signification. Some writers believe that the “beryl” is intended; but the balance of authority is in favor of some variety of the onyx. (“The onyx is not a transparent stone, but as the color of the flesh appears through the nail (Greek onyx) on the human body, so the reddish mass which is below shines delicately through the whitish surface of the onyx. There are several varieties. White and reddish stripes alternating form the sardonyx; white and reddish gray, the chalcedony. When polished it has a fine lustre, and is easily wrought into a gem of great beauty.”–Rosenmiller.”
1A13
Genesis 2:13 And the name^H8034 of the second^H8145 river^H5104 is Gihon^H1521 (a stream; or, a stream) (ghee-khoneי): the same^H1931 is it that compasseth^H5437 ^(H853) the whole^H3605 land^H776 of Ethiopia^H3568 (burnt faces; and, fiery eye) (koosh).   —>   The Gihon is the second river of Paradise, and one of the four rivers of Eden, it is also a river east of the Tigris. Biblical scholars and our KJV 1611 Translators both had a difficult time properly discerning where Eden was, therefore they put Eden and the Gihon in what we today call Iraq. However, I disagree with this, as Father would not put His most favorite place in all His Created Universe in or anywhere near Babylon — confusion. Supposition is that the supplier to the river is the modern day “Kerkhah,” which in ancient times was known as “Khoases;” rising in the Mountains of Kassi. “Kas” has long been confused in the Hebrew with “Cush.” It is not in the land of Cush, nor Ethiopia of Africa, but the Acadian “Kas.” Again, I disagree with this, as Father’s most favorite place in all His Created universe is Jerusalem, the very place He took to wife as read in Ezekiel 16:3, therefore it is only logical that that would be where He placed His Garden, and put the first male and female through which He would become flesh. We also know from our vantage point of 4,000 years in the future to when The Book of Genesis was written, that the water course known as the “Virgin’s Fount” ran through Jerusalem, this water course had another name and that name was Gihon.
Gihon
Gihon=The Gihon is the second river of Paradise, and one of the four rivers of Eden, it is also a river east of the Tigris. Biblical scholars and our KJV 1611 Translators both had a difficult time properly discerning where Eden was, therefore they put Eden and the Gihon in what we today call Iraq. However, I disagree with this, as Father would not put His most favorite place in all His Created Universe in or anywhere near Babylon — confusion. Supposition is that the supplier to the river is the modern day “Kerkhah,” which in ancient times was known as “Khoases;” rising in the Mountains of Kassi. “Kas” has long been confused in the Hebrew with “Cush.” It is not in the land of Cush, nor Ethiopia of Africa, but the Acadian “Kas.” Again, I disagree with this, as Father’s most favorite place in all His Created universe is Jerusalem, the very place He took to wife as read in Ezekiel 16:3, therefore it is only logical that that would be where He placed His Garden, and put the first male and female through which He would become flesh. We also know from our vantage point of 4,000 years in the future to when The Book of Genesis was written, that the water course known as the “Virgin’s Fount” ran through Jerusalem, this water course had another name and that name was Gihon. † For the etymology of the name Gihon, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Gihon is derived from the verb גיח (giah) meaning to burst forth: Harris Archer Waltke (HAW) Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament calls the river the Gusher, or Bubbler, although ‘Bubbler’ seems a bit too tame. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Great Breaking Forth (Of Waters), but that seems a bit over the top. New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads Bursting Forth.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H1521, - גִּיחוֹןi, or גִּחוֹן, - gı̂ychôn, or gichôn, - pronounced: ghee-khoneי, or ghee-khoneי, and means: From H1518; stream; Gichon, a river of Paradise, also a valley (or pool) near Jerusalem: - Gihon. Total KJV occurrences: 6.. † Now from the Easton’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “A stream. One of the four rivers of Eden Genesis 2:13. It has been identified with the Nile. Others regard it as the Oxus, or the Araxes, or the Ganges. But as, according to the sacred narrative, all these rivers of Eden took their origin from the head-waters of the Euphrates and the Trigris, it is probable that the Gihon is the ancient Araxes, which, under the modern name of the Arras, discharges itself into the Caspian Sea. It was the Asiatic and not the African “Cush” which the Gihon compassed Genesis 10:7-10. (See EDEN.) The only natural spring of water in or near Jerusalem is the “Fountain of the Virgin” (q.v.), which rises outside the city walls on the west bank of the Kidron valley. On the occasion of the approach of the Assyrian army under Sennacherib, Hezekiah, in order to prevent the besiegers from finding water, “stopped the upper water course of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David” II Chronicles 32:30; 33:14. This “fountain” or spring is therefore to be regarded as the “upper water course of Gihon.” From this “fountain” a tunnel cut through the ridge which forms the south part of the temple hill conveys the water to the Pool of Siloam, which lies on the opposite side of this ridge at the head of the Tyropoeon (“cheesemakers’ ”) valley, or valley of the son of Hinnom, now filled up by rubbish. The length of this tunnel is about 1,750 feet. In 1880 an inscription was accidentally discovered on the wall of the tunnel about nineteen feet from where it opens into the Pool of Siloam. This inscription was executed in all probability by Hezekiah’s workmen. It briefly narrates the history of the excavation. It may, however, be possible that this tunnel was executed in the time of Solomon. If the “waters of Shiloah that go softly” Isaiah 8:6 refers to the gentle stream that still flows through the tunnel into the Pool of Siloam, then this excavation must have existed before the time of Hezekiah. In the upper part of the Tyropoeoan valley there are two pools still existing, the first, called Birket el-Mamilla, to the west of the Jaffa gate; the second, to the south of the first, called Birket es-Sultan. It is the opinion of some that the former was the “upper” and the latter the “lower” Pool of Gihon II Kings 18:17; Isaiah 7:3; 36:2; 22:9. (See CONDUIT, SILOAM).”.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia (ns)=The people of Ethiopia, known as the Ethiopians, are possibly descended from Cush. How and why do I say this? Because first, the name Ethiopia, is Greek for the Hebrew name Cush. Also, Dr. Strong used the same Hebrew word number for both words. Looking At Strong’s Concordance, we find that both Cush and Ethiopia are Hebrew word number H3568, and Ethiopian is Hebrew word number H3569, which means: patronymic—derived from—the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating—descent from; Ethiopia is also Greek word number G128 which means: to scorch the face, or a blackamoor, an Ethiopian. There isn’t very much written in Father’s Word concerning the land of Ethiopia. What we do know, is that Biblical Ethiopia is not the same location as modern day Ethiopia. The Biblical Ethiopia, was what is now Nubia, which lies in southernmost Egypt and the Northern Sudan. Ethiopia is often associated with Egypt in Father’s Word, (i.e. , Psalms 68:31; Isaiah 20:3-5; Ezekiel 30:4,5). Did the land of Cush in Biblical times extend from Nubia to the boundaries of present day Ethiopia? Aside from the geographical location, there remain other questions: What transpired with the people and land originally named Ethiopia? Were Nubians/Ethiopians black in appearance? Were they part of the 6^th day creation? Likely. Did Cush move his tribe/family into that area and conquer those people? Was he strong enough in numbers at that time to conquer them? Or did he just blend-in/inter-marry with those native peoples and then grow in number and establish his own cities? At what point was the land then called Cush? No one can say for sure. More specifically Ethiopia is located S of Egypt Judges 1:10 and S of Syene Ezekiel 29:10. We also know that it is mentioned in The Book of Genesis where we read that it is bordered or surrounded by the River Gihon. Further, we know that one of the first Biblical references to an Ethiopian person in Father’s Word is the incident of the Cushite slave who Joab told to go to David with the news of the death of his son Absalom. Of course what Joab was not forthcoming with was that he had defied David’s command to deal kindly with his son, instead killing him, as can be read in II Samuel 18:9-23, it was for this very reason that Joab sent Cushi and refused Zadok’s son Ahimaaz from carrying the news to David. We next read of Cushi in II Samuel 18:31,32. There were Ethiopian mercenaries in the army of Shishak, a Libyan king of Egypt, when he invaded king Rehoboam and Jersualem, of which we can read in II Chronicles 12:3. Another attack on Judah by Ethiopians and Libyans occurred in II Chronicles 14:9-15, this one led by Zerah the Ethiopian, and was repulsed by King Asa. These attackers may have been mercenaries in the Egyptian army settled in southern Egypt by Pharaoh Shishak. Possibly these mercenaries are also the Ethiopians near the Arabs II Chronicles 21:16, though some scholars think the reference is to the close contact of the S Arabians with Africans across the Red Sea. I Kings 19:9 and Isaiah 37:9 mention Tirhakah’s—the king of Ethiopia—attempt to check Sennacherib’s invasion of southern Egypt in the time of King Hezekiah. The Assyrians mockingly called Tirhakah “a bruised reed” II Kings 18:21 and defeated him at Eltekeh. In Egypt, Tirhakah was again defeated by the Assyrian king Esar-haddon and retired to Ethiopia. These defeats of Tirhakah may be referred to by Isaiah Isaiah 20:3-5. Tirhakah ruled as the third and last Pharaoh of the Twenty-fifth, or Ethiopian Dynasty of Egypt. The Ethiopian control of Egypt under this dynasty explains why Ethiopia was called the “strength” of Thebes, Egypt’s southern capital Nahum 3:9. This brief Ethiopian empire included Egypt for about fifty years. † For the etymology of the name Ethiopia, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Ethiopia consists of two elements. The final part comes from the familiar Greek word οψ (ops), or its genitive form οπος (opos), meaning eye — hence our English words “optic” and “optician,” the name Europe (means Wide-Eyed or Open-Minded) and the genus Cyclops, which means round-eyed and not one-eyed as per popular belief. The first part of our name Ethiopia is thought to derive from the verb αιθω (aitho), meaning to light up or kindle. This verb is fairly common but neither it nor the following words are used in the Bible. The related adjective αιθος (aithos) means shining or blazing, and αιθοψ (aithops; also containing οψ, ops) means fiery-looking or sparkling. The latter word is also used metaphorically in the sense of fiery or keen (for instance by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod). The ethnonym Ethiopian means Fiery Eye and implies Bright Eyed or Keen Of Vision.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, we find it is Hebrew word number: H3568, - כּוּשׁ, - Kûsh, - pronounced: Koosh, and means: Probably of foreign origin, Cush (or Ethiopia), the name of a son of Ham, and of his territory; also of an Israelite: - Chush, Cush, Ethiopia. Total KJV occurrences: 30. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Burnt faces. The country which the Greeks and Romans described as “AEthiopia” and the Hebrews as “Cush” lay to the south of Egypt, and embraced, in its most extended sense, the modern Nubia, Sennaar, Kordofan and northern Abyssinia, and in its more definite sense the kingdom of Meroe Ezekiel 29:10. The Hebrews do not appear to have had much practical acquaintance with Ethiopia itself, though the Ethiopians were well known to them through their intercourse with Egypt. The inhabitants of Ethiopia were a Hamitic race Genesis 10:6. They were divided into various tribes, of which the Sabeans were the most powerful. The history of Ethiopia is closely interwoven with that of Egypt. The two countries were not unfrequently united under the rule of the same sovereign. Shortly before our Saviour’s birth a native dynasty of females, holding the official title of Candace (Plin. vi. 35), held sway in Ethiopia, and even resisted the advance of the Roman arms. One of these is the queen noticed in Acts 8:27.”.
1A14
Genesis 2:14 The name^H8034 of the third^H7992 river^H5401 is Hiddekel^H2313 (rapid; or, encircling) (khid-dehי-kel): that is it^H1931 which goeth^H1980 toward the east^H6926 of Assyria^H804 ([in the sense of successful]; and, a step) (Ash-shoorי). And the forth^H7243 is river^H5401 is Euphrates^H6578 (to break forth; rushing; or, the good and abounding river (per-awthי).   —>   The last two of the four rivers are the Hiddekel and the Euphrates.
Hiddekel
Hiddekel=The River Hiddekel is actually the Acadian name for the Tigrus river which was called Idiqla, which Dr. Bullinger tells us means encircling. † Abarim Publications does not provide an etymology, and as such, I cannot provide one either. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H2313, - חִדֶּקֶל, - chiddeqel, - pronounced: khid-dehי-kel, and means: Probably of foreign origin; the Chiddekel (or Tigris) river: - Hiddekel. Total KJV occurrences: 2.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “rapid. One of the rivers of Eden, the river which “goeth eastward to Assyria,” Genesis 2 and which Daniel calls “the great river,” Daniel 10:4 seems to have been rightly identified by the LXX. with the Tigris. Dekel is clearly an equivalent of Digla or Dighath, a name borne by the Tigris in all ages. The name now in use among the inhabitants of Mesopotamia is Dijleh.”.
Assyria
Assyria=As we are only in Genesis 2, and Shem’s second son Asshur has not yet been born, the Assyria spoken of in this verse, is not the country of Assyria—named after Shem’s son who founded the country who in the future will overthrow and take into captivity the “House of Israel, the Ten Northern Tribes consisting of the Tribes of: Reuben; Simeon; Dan; Naphtali; Gad; Asher; Issachar; Zebulun; and some of each: Ephraim and Manasseh—but, comes from the Hebrew name “Hashshur”—Asshur—a primitive capital of Assyria, which lay E. and W. of the Tigris River and which was destroyed centuries prior to Abraham’s time. † For the etymology of the name Assyria, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Asshur is highly similar to the Hebrew name Asher (אשר) but is spelled with a waw before the resh. But it seems that the name Asshur is thus also related to the verb אשר (asher), meaning to go (straight) on. However, Brown Driver Briggs (BDB) Theological Dictionary reports a connection between our name and the Hebrew verb ישר (yashar), meaning to be level, straight up, just: New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List seems to agree with BDB Theological Dictionary and reads Level Plain. Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names derives the name Asshur from the verb אשר (asher), meaning to go straight on, and which also yields the name Asher. Jones renders the name Asshur A Step.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H804, - אַשּׁוּרi, or אַשֻּׁר, - 'ashshûr, or 'ashshûr, - pronounced: ash-shoorי, or ash-shoorי, and means: Apparently from H833 (in the sense of successful); Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (that is, Assyria), its region and its empire: - Asshur, Assur, Assyria, Assyrians. See H838. Total KJV occurrences: 151.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: The explanation and description in both the Smith’s Bible Dictionary and the Easton’s Bible Dictionary are too long and do not go back far enough in history—they both only go back to Genesis 10—to record the Assyria talked of in Genesis 2.
Euphrates
Euphrates=The river Euphrates, at 1,780 miles long, it is by far the largest and most important of all the rivers of Western Asia, it is generally called and spoken of in the Old Testment of Father’s Word as “the river.” Euphrates” gets its name from the Greeks. They named it in the Fourth Century before Christ, during the reign of Alexander the Great. Its original name was “Ufratu”—and this from Purat or Puratu=The river, and sometimes even the Pura-nun=The Great River—from the old Persians. It is for this reason that most people mistakenly fix the Garden of Eden — in Iraq. It is not, it was in the Promised Land, the land of Canaan. Think or believe that I’m mistaken? Read Deuteronomy 1:4-8. The Euphrates is first mentioned in Genesis 2:14 as one of the rivers of Paradise. It is next mentioned in connection with the Covenant which Father entered into with Abraham in Genesis 15:18, when he promised to his descendants the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates — Compare this Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4, a Covenant Promise afterwards fulfilled in the extended conquests of David of II Samuel 8:2-14; II Chronicles 18:3; and I Kings 4:24. It was then the boundary of the kingdom to the north-east. In the ancient history of Assyria, and Babylon, and Egypt many events are recorded in which mention is made of the “great river.” Just as the Nile represented in prophecy the power of Egypt, so the Euphrates represented the Assyrian power Isaiah 8:7; and Jeremiah 2:18. Sir Henry Rawlinson—(born April 11, 1810, Chadlington, Oxfordshire, Eng.—died March 5, 1895, London), British army officer and Orientalist who deciphered the Old Persian portion of the trilingual cuneiform inscription of Darius I the Great at Bīsitūn, Iran. His success provided the key to the deciphering, by himself and others, of Mesopotamian cuneiform script, a feat that greatly expanded knowledge of the ancient Middle East—notes the following: “Its description naturally falls into 3 divisions-the upper, middle and lower: The upper division traverses the mountainous plateau of Armenia, and is formed by the junction of 2 branches, the Frat and the Murad. The Frat rises 25 miles Northeast of Erzerum, and only 60 miles from the Black Sea. The Murad, which, though the shorter, is the larger of the two, rises in the vicinity of Mt. Ararat. After running respectively 400 and 270 miles in a westerly direction, they unite near Keban Maaden, whence in a tortuous channel of about 300 miles, bearing still in a southwesterly direction, the current descends in a succession of rapids and cataracts to the Syrian plain, some distance above the ancient city of Carchemish, where it is only about 200 miles from the Northeast corner of the Mediterranean. In its course through the Armenian plateau, the stream has gathered the sediment which gives fertility to the soil in the lower part of the valley. It is the melting snows from this region which produce the annual floods from April to June; The middle division, extending for about 700 miles to the bitumen wells of Hit, runs Southeast “through a valley of a few miles in width, which it has eroded in the rocky surface, and which, being more or less covered with alluvial soil, is pretty generally cultivated by artificial irrigation. Beyond the rocky banks on both sides is the open desert, covered in spring with a luxuriant verdure, and dotted here and there with the black tent of the Bedouin.” — Sir Henry Rawlinson. Throughout this portion the river formed the ancient boundary between the Assyrians and Hittites whose capital was at Carchemish, where there are the remains of an old bridge. The ruins of another ancient bridge occur 200 miles lower down at the ancient Thapsacus, where the Greeks forded it under Cyrus the younger. Throughout the middle section the stream is too rapid to permit of successful navigation except by small boats going downstream, and has few and insignificant tributaries. It here has, however, its greatest width, 400 yds, and depth. Lower down the water is drawn off by irrigating canals and into lagoons; — The fertile plain of Babylonia begins at Hit, about 100 miles above Babylon, 50 miles below Hit the Tigris and Euphrates approach to within 25 miles of each other, and together have in a late geological period deposited the plain of Shinar or of Chaldea, more definitely referred to as Babylonia. This plain is about 250 miles long, and in its broadest place 100 miles wide. From Hit an artificial canal conducts water along the western edge of the alluvial plain to the Persian Gulf, a distance of about 500 miles. But the main irrigating canals put off from the East side of the Euphrates, and can be traced all over the plain past the ruins of Accad, Babylon, Nippur, Bismya, Telloh, Erech, Ur and numerous other ancient cities. Originally the Euphrates and Tigris entered into the Persian Gulf by separate channels. At that time the Gulf extended up as far as Ur, the home of Abraham, and it was a seaport. The sediment from these rivers has filled up the head of the Persian Gulf for nearly 100 miles since the earliest monumental records. Loftus estimates that since the Christian era the encroachment has proceeded at the rate of 1 mile in 70 years. In early times Babylonia was rendered fertile by immense irrigating schemes which diverted the water from the Euphrates, which at Babylon is running at a higher level than the Tigris. A large canal left the Euphrates just above Babylon and ran due East to the Tigris, irrigating all the intervening region and sending a branch down as far South as Nippur. Lower down a canal crosses the plain in an opposite direction. This ancient system of irrigation can be traced along the lines of the principal canals “by the winding curves of layers of alluvium in the bed,” while the lateral channels "are hedged in by high banks of mud, heaped up during centuries of dredging. Not a hundredth part of the old irrigation system is now in working order. A few of the mouths of the smaller canals are kept open so as to receive a limited supply of water at the rise of the river in May, which then distributes itself over the lower lying lands in the interior, almost without labor on the part of the cultivators, giving birth in such localities to the most abundant crops; but by far the larger portion of the region between the rivers is at present an arid, howling wildernessv strewed in the most part with broken pottery, the evidence of former human habitation, and bearing nothing but the camel thorn, the wild caper, the colocynth-apple, wormwood and the other weeds of the desert.”. According to Sir W. Willcocks—(born Sept. 27, 1852, India—died July 28, 1932, Cairo), British civil engineer who proposed and designed the first Aswān (Assuan) Dam and executed major irrigation projects in South Africa and Turkey.—the eminent English engineer: “The whole region is capable of being restored to its original productiveness by simply reproducing the ancient system of irrigation. There are, however, in the lower part of the region, vast marshes overgrown with reeds, which have continued since the time of Alexander who came near losing his army in passing through them. These areas are probably too much depressed to be capable of drainage. Below the junction of the Euphrates and the Tigris, the stream is called Shat el Arab, and is deep enough to float war vessels.”. † For the etymology of the name Euphrates, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The Greek name Euphrates consists of two elements. The first part is the adverb ευ, meaning: good, well, noble: The second part of the name Euphrates is a transliteration of the Hebrew name for this river: פרת, Parat. The latter name derives from the Hebrew verb פרה (para), meaning to be fruitful: The name Euphrates means Good Parat or Good Bountiful One. For a meaning of the name Euphrates, New Open Bible Study Edition (NOBSE) Study Bible Name List reads That Which Makes Fruitful, and Jones’ Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names reads Fruitfulness.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H6578, - פְּרָת, - perâth, - pronounced: per-awthי, and means: From an unused root meaning: to break forth; rushing; Perath (that is, Euphrates), a river of the East: - Euphrates. Total KJV occurrences: 19.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “Is probably a word of Aryan origin, signifying “the good and abounding river.” It is most frequently denoted in the Bible by the term “the river.” The Euphrates is the largest, the longest and by far the most important of the rivers of western Asia. It rises from two chief sources in the Armenian mountains, and flows into the Persian Gulf. The entire course Isaiah 1780 miles, and of this distance more than two-thirds (1200 miles) is navigable for boats. The width of the river is greatest at the distance of 700 or 800 miles from its mouth — that is to say, from it junction with the Khabour to the village of Werai. It there averages 400 yards. The annual inundation of the Euphrates is caused by the melting of the snows in the Armenian highlands. It occurs in the month of May. The great hydraulic works ascribed to Nebuchadnezzar had for their chief object to control the inundation. The Euphrates is first mentioned in Scripture as one of the four rivers of Eden Genesis 2:5. We next hear of it in the covenant made with Abraham Genesis 15:18. During the reigns of David and Solomon it formed the boundary of the promised land to the northeast Deuteronomy 11:24; Joshua 1:4. Prophetical reference to the Euphrates is found in Jeremiah 13:4-7; 46:2-10; 51:63; Revelation 9:14; 16:12. “The Euphrates is linked with the most important events in ancient history. On its banks stood the city of Babylon; the army of Necho was defeated on its banks by Nebuchadnezzar; Cyrus the Younger and Crassus perished after crossing it; Alexander crossed it, and Trajan and Severus descended it.” — Appleton’s Cyc.”.

2:15 The Garden.
1A15
Genesis 2:15 And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 took^H3947 ^(H853) the man,^H120 and put^H5117 him in the Garden^H1588 of Eden^H5731 to dress^H5647 it and to keep^H8104 it.)   —>   Father didn’t take “just any of His creation,” He took The Farmer — The Man, Adam—“'eth-hā'ādhām”— and put him in this special Garden of Paradise in order to keep this seed-line—through which He Himself will be born in the flesh—separate, and to also give this seed-line the finest of things.

…Dress…=The word Dress as used here in this verse, is in the Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew word number: H5647, - עָבַד, - ‛âbad, - pronounced: aw-badי, and means: A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.: - X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour (-ing man), bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ing, self), (be, become) servant (-s), do (use) service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper. Total KJV occurrences: 288.. It is the same word as the word till used in verse Genesis 2:5 above.

Keep=The word keep as used here in this verse, is in the Strong’s Concordance, Hebrew word number: H8104, - שָׁמַר, - shâmar, - Pronounced: shaw-marי, and means: A primitive root, properly to hedge about (as with thorns), that is, guard; generally to protect, attend to, etc.: - beware, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep (-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch (-man). Total KJV occurrences: 468.. What are we to hedge about, guard about, protect, and\or preserve as with thorns? The Truth of Father’s Word. In other words, do not allow any leaven—false teachings, false doctrines, denominal doctrines\dogma, traditions of man etc.—to come in contact with His Word. But, it also means to hedge about, guard about, protect and\or preserve this particular seed-line by not mixing with the sixth day created man, keep this line pure.

2:16 The Trees.
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Genesis 2:16 And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 commanded^H6680 ^H5921 the man,^H120 saying,^H559 “Of every^H4480 ^H3605 tree^H6086 of the Garden^H1588 thou mayest freely eat:^H398 ^H398   —>   …God commanded…=This was not a suggestion, it was a command by Father. I’ll get into what the command was in a moment.

…tree…=These trees which Father placed in the Garden are both literal, i.e., the oak, the maple, the fig, the pomegranate, the olive, etc.,—notice I did not mention an apple tree, this was on purpose, because though the apple tree may have been in the Garden, the fact that man has falsely used it as the sin which will occur in the next Chapter, I purposely didn’t mention it, so as to not bring in man’s myth. But, they are also people, not in a flesh body, but in their spiritual body. Who are they? Father—as I stated in verse v2:9 above, He likens Himself to the fir tree in Hosea 8:8, let’s now read it: Hosea 8:8 Ephraim^H669 shall say, “What^H4100 have I to do any more^H5750 with idols?^H6091 I^H589 have heard^H6030 Him, and observed^H7789 Him: I^H589 am like a green^H7488 fir tree.^H1265 From^H4480 Me is thy fruit^H6529 found.^H4672   —>   Why does Father liken Himself to the fir tree? Because the fir tree is considered an ever lasting tree—ever-green— but notice also, Father says “from Me is thy ‘fruit’ found”—there are two other “trees” which are in the Garden at this time, the first being the Tree of Life as we read above in verse v2:9—as I mentioned above, the Tree of Life is Jesus Christ, always was, always will be—and the third tree, which we’ll read of in our next verse, v2:17, is the tree of knowledge of good and evil, listen to the command Father gives eth-ha-adam, the man, adam, concerning this tree in the next verse.

…thou mayest freely eat=Father is telling eth-ha-adam, The Man, Adam, that he may eat the fruit—correctly applied\supplied—of every fruit tree for nourishment, and This Man may ALSO partake of The Tree of Life — Christ—in which IS Life—Man can have ETERNAL Life!

Did you notice that there was a colon at the end of this verse, meaning there is a continuation of it into the next verse? There were no exceptions placed on The Man — EXCEPT ONE, which we’ll read of in the next verse:

2:17 The Trees.
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Genesis 2:17 But of the tree^H4480 ^H6086 of the knowledge^H1847 of good^H2896 and evil,^H7451 thou shall not^H3808 eat^H398 of^H4480 it: for^H3588 in the day^H3117 thou eatest^H398 thereof^H4480 thou shalt surely die.”^H4191 ^H4191   —>   Here is the continuation and The Exception.

This tree IS SATAN, he is called the tree of knowledge of good and evil for several reasons: (1) as can be read in Ezekiel 28, during the beginning of the First Earth Age he was good — so good, that Father elevated him to position of the “covering cherub,” in other words, he was one of two protector of Father’s Mercy Seat, but then he fell, he no longer wanted to be protecting cherub, he now desired to sit in Father’s seat as God; (2) since he was not—and never will be BORN IN THE FLESH—he has FULL KNOWLEDGE of what transpired in the First Earth Age, AND knows who was who —who rebelled with him, and who stood on the side lines, and who stood WITH Father and fought against him and his army in the war that took place in that Age; and (3) Father did not want satan supplying that or any of the other knowledge\info of the Age that was, to Adam; because Father knew satan would pervert and distort that information to his advantage.

Sadly, man’s customs, dogmas, traditions, and out-right lies have so distorted this verse, that most Christians today falsely believe it was an actual tree spoken of — in fact, they will even tell you it was an “APPLE TREE.” They do this in ignorance because they have not STUDIED Father’s Word to take it back to the Original languages: the Hebrew, Chaldea or Aramaic to see what was actually meant by this.

The “trees” are symbolic for people, and Father’s Word has identified them. The three trees talked about in verses v2:16-17 are the (1) “knowledge” — satan — which was man’s ruin; (2) The “cross” — in which I Peter 2:24 sets the way for man’s redemption; and (3) “The Tree of Life” — which is Christ Jesus, and offers man’s regeneration.

The phrase “…for in the day that thou eatest…” gives us the key to understanding man’s physical span of life, for Peter tells us the key to this understanding in II Peter 3:8 which reads: II Peter 3:8 But,^G1161 beloved,^G27 be not ignorant^G2990 ^G3361 of this^G5124 one thing,^G1520 that^G3754 one^G3391 day^G2250 is with^G3844 the Lord^G2962 as^G5613 a thousand^G5507 years,^G2904 and^G2532 a thousand^G5507 years^G2094 as^G5613 one^G3391 day.^G2250   —>   No man has ever exceeded, or even made it to the thousand year period, not even Methuselah who lived nine hundred sixty and nine years: “and he died” Genesis 5:27.

This is the verse which satan misquotes to Eve in the next Chapter, and when questioned by satan — Eve likewise misquotes it back to satan. Father told Adam, that the day he touches satan, “thou shalt surely die” — Eve states “lest^H6435 ye die^H4191.” It was just a little “half truth” however, satan takes it one step beyond in Genesis 3:4, which reads: Genesis 3:4 And the serpent^H5175 said^H559 unto^H413 the woman,^H802 “Ye shall not^H3808 surely die:^H4191 ^H4191 —> Then Eve believed Satan’s lie. We will get deeper into this in the next chapter.

2:18 For the man, no woman.
1A18
Genesis 2:18 And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 said,^H559 “It is not^H3808 good^H2896 that the man^H120 should be^H1961 alone;^H905 I will make^H6213 him an help^H5828 meet for him.”^H5048
—>   Father knows that He needs to ensure the seed-line remains Pure — of the same from Adam and Eve. He also knows it will be better for Adam, if Adam has a partner to assist him.

How is Father going to “make,” read that “create” or “form” this help meet? From Adam’s “rib?” We’ll see in verse v2:21.

2:19 The ground and animate
    creation.
1A19
Genesis 2:19 And out of^H4480 the ground^H776 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 formed^H3335 every^H3605 beast^H2416 of the field,^H7704 and every^H3605 fowl^H5775 of the air;^H8064 and brought^H935 them unto^H413 Adam^H121 (to show blood (in the face), that is, flush, or turn rosy; or, red earth) (aw-dawmי) to see^H7200 what^H4100 he would call^H7121 them: and whatsoever^H#605 ^H834 Adam^H121 called^H7121 every living^H2416 creature,^H5315 that^H1931 was the name^H8034 thereof.   —>   These creatures which Father created and brought to Adam, are what we would call “domestic animals” — or, “farm animals.” Father does things in a natural way, and the natural reason for Adam’s — יeth-hāיādhām’s, existence was to till the soil — farming, so we see the need for these animals existed.

Let’s now review the order of the creation of physical life on earth in this Age to this point: First came the trees, the grass and plant life; this was followed by the fish and the fowl — birds, on the third day.

Second in the order, Father created the beasts of the field — or, the wild animals, this was on the fifth day.

Third in the order of creation; came man, both male and female, all the races except for Adam — יeth-hāיādhām, and this was done on the sixth day.

Fourth in the order of Father’s creation was, the seventh day and the time for rest.

Fifth in the order of Father’s creation; on the eighth day—or a time beyond—Father formed Adam — יeth-hāיādhām — the Farmer to till the soil.

The last order of the creation to this point is the creation of all domestic animals — live stock for the use by Adam, and his naming of them.
Adam
Adam=אֶת-הָאָדָםi,i יeth-hāיādhām, the name of the first man in the Adamic Seed-line to Father coming in the flesh as His Only Begotten Son — Jesus Christ—this line is different from the gentiles, i.e., the sixth day created man. Adam was not the first man Father Created. The name of that man—אָדָם—or those men—and women for that matter—shall forever remain un-named, as Father’s Word DOESN’T give any specific detailed information concerning those He Created on the 6^th Day, Genesis 1:26-31, before He rested—those people are all the different races we see in the world today, known as “the gentiles,” “the nations,” “the races\ethnicities,” etc.. He Formed Adam on the 8^th Day, after He rested at the beginning of Genesis 2. Father’s Story and His Word is told concerning the lineage of Adam, not of any of the other races and they are not mentioned in Father’s Word unless they come into contact with the Adamic seed-line. It’s not that the other races aren’t important, as Father is not a respecter of persons, it’s just that His Story is about His coming in the flesh through a particular lineage. As Father was coming in the flesh through Adam’s lineage, his lineage was to remain pure and not mix with the other races. Satan knew this and tried many times to corrupt “The Seed-line:” his first attempt was in the Garden of Eden when he seduced Eve—Genesis 3:1-16—his next attempt was in Genesis 6 when he had the fallen angels mate with flesh women—think of the giants: Goliath, Og and some of the others found throughout Father’s Word. There are many other instances found throughout Father’s Word where satan tried to either corrupt or interrupt The Seed-line, culminating with the crucifixion of our Lord Jesus. But, anyway, back to Adam. What do we know concerning the first man in the Adamic Seed-line? Father took some of Adam’s DNA, not a “rib” as our 1611 KJV translators called it, and with that DNA He made woman. This woman remained nameless until after the “fall” of Genesis 3:1-16. It wasn’t until verse v3:20 that Adam named his “help meet” Eve, “because she was the mother of all living.” meaning: that through Eve would come Jesus Christ and those who accept Him can have Eternal Life with Father. Adam begat—fathered—Abel, whom Cain—satan’s son with Eve—murdered—thus ending the seed-line, progeny, generations of Abel, as he had no sons before he was murdered by Cain, thus we don’t find Abel in Adam’s genealogy of Genesis 5. Adam’s next son, his second—actually now the first, as Abel was murdered by Cain—in the Adamic Seed-line to Jesus was Seth. Adam’s genealogy—which is different and separate from Cain’s—begins in Genesis 5 and we read there, that he sired Seth when he was 103 years old, he sired more sons and daughters, we don’t know how many, as again, Father’s Word doesn’t say. We also don’t know of any specific accomplishments of Adam, as there are none mentioned, except that Father brought all the domestic animals to him for him to name. The other thing we do know is what transpired in the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3 after satan seduced Eve, she then gave to Adam to partake, Father’s Word doesn’t give details or specify whether that partaking was a homosexual act, or whether satan—being supernatural—transformed himself to appear as a woman. Either way, Adam too fell and sinned, and then he died and returned Home to Father at the ripe old age of 930 years. † For the etymology of the name Adam, we read the following in Abarim Publications: “The name Adam is the same as the noun אדםi (יadam)—I disagree here, as in the manuscripts they are different, the Adam that Father formed and placed in the Garden of Eden is Strong’s Hebrew word number H121, - אֶת-הָאָדָם, whereas the 6^th Day Adam is H120, - אָדַם—which is used to mean man(kind) in the sense of a creature made from earth: The name Adam is obviously a touch complicated. Most directly, it means Acre Man, but since the word for acre is distilled from the action of producing agricultural crops, the name Adam really means Produce (as noun). But that root that covers the action of producing is also the same as the root that covers redness. That means that Adam is also Red Man. Since red is the color of blood (II Kings 3:22) and also since the name Adam is the word דם (dom), meaning blood, with an aleph in front of it, and alephs sometimes appear in front of words without essentially altering the meaning, Adam also means Blood Man. And since blood is the seat of the breath (or life), Adam is also Life Man. All in all, the name Adam is probably best interpreted as Living Creature or rather the corporeal part of a living creature. The name Adam simply means Corporeal One or Dustling; prior to receiving breath, Adam was quite literally a corpse (Genesis 2:7). A name that may be a playful reference to the name Adam is Javan, Mud Man.”. † Now from the Strong’s Concordance, where we find that it is Hebrew word number: H121, - אֶת-הָאָדָם, - 'âdâm, pronounced - aw-dawmי, and means: The same as H120; Adam, the name of the first man—in the Adamic Seed-line, not the first man that Father Created—also of a place in Palestine: - Adam. Total KJV occurrences: 21.. † Now from the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, where we read: “red earth. The name given in Scripture to the first man—again, I disagree with that statement. It apparently has reference to the ground from which he was formed, which is called in Hebrew Adamah. The idea of redness of color seems to be inherent in either word. The creation of man was the work of the sixth day—the last and crowning act of creation. Adam was created (not born) a perfect man in body and spirit, but as innocent and completely inexperienced as a child. The man Adam was placed in a garden which the Lord God had planted “eastward in Eden,” for the purpose of dressing it and keeping it. [EDEN] Adam was permitted to eat of the fruit of every tree in the garden but one, which was called (“the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,” because it was the test of Adam’s obedience. By it Adam could know good and evil int he divine way, through obedience; thus knowing good by experience in resisting temptation and forming a strong and holy character, while he knew evil only by observation and inference. Or he could “know good and evil,” in Satan’s way, be experiencing the evil and knowing good only by contrast. –ED.) The prohibition to taste the fruit of this tree was enforced by the menace of death. There was also another tree which was called “the tree of life.” While Adam was in the garden of Eden, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air were brought to him to be named. After this the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and took one of his ribs from him, which he fashioned into a woman and brought her to the man. At this time they were both described as being naked without the consciousness of shame. By the subtlety of the serpent the woman who was given to be with Adam was beguiled into a violation of the one command which had been imposed upon them. She took of the fruit of the forbidden tree and gave it to her husband. The propriety of its name was immediately shown in the results which followed, self-consciousness was the first-fruits of sin their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked. Though the curse of Adam’s rebellion of necessity fell upon him, yet the very prohibition to eat of the tree of life after his transgression was probably a manifestation of divine mercy, because the greatest malediction of all would have been to have the gift of indestructible life super-added to a state of wretchedness and sin. The divine mercy was also shown in the promise of a deliverer given at the very promise of a deliverer given at the very time the curse was imposed Genesis 3:15, and opening a door of hope to Paradise, regained for him and his descendants. Adam is stated to have lived 930 years. His sons mentioned in Scripture are Cain—Again, I disagree with this, as Cain was of satan, not Adam—Abel and Seth; it is implied, however, that he had others.”.

2:20 The ground and animate
    creation.
2:20-23 The formation of woman.
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Genesis 2:20 And Adam^H121 gave^H7121 names^H8034 to all^H3605 cattle,^H929 and to the fowl^H5775 of the air,^H8064 and to every^H3605 beast^H2416 of the field;^H7704 but for Adam^H121 there was not^H3808 found^H4672 an help^H5828 meet for him.^H5048   —>   The Sixth Day created man had both: male and female, likewise also, so do all the domesticated and non-domesticated animals — but there is still no partner to assist Adam.
1A21
Genesis 2:21 And the LORD^H3068 God^H430 caused a deep sleep^H8639 to fall^H5307 upon^H5921 Adam,^H121 and he slept:^H3462 and He took^H3947 one^H529 of his ribs,^H4480 ^H6763 and closed up^H5462 the flesh^H1320 instead^H8478 thereof;   —>   Does a man have one less rib than woman? No, and even though this verse was TRANSLATED “rib” by the King James Translators, it is not rib in the original language. In the Strong’s Concordance, it is Hebrew word number: H6763, - צלעi, or צלעה, - tsêlâ‛, or tsal‛âh, - pronounced: tsay-lawי, or tsal-awי, and means: From H6760; a rib (as CURVED), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, that is, leaf); hence a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, that is, quarter); architecturally a timber (especially floor or ceiling) or plank (single or collectively, that is, a flooring): - beem, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber). Total KJV occurrences: 41.. Back when the King James 1611 version Bible was translated, the translators knew nothing about DNA, but Father did. Now, today, WE too DO know about DNA and we also know there is a thing in DNA called the “Helical Chains” or the “double Helix”—to see an image, click here—or, the “Helix Curve?” The translators didn’t know how to describe what was written as to what Father did, and they did the best they could, and they wrote “rib.”
1A22
Genesis 2:22 And^(H853) the rib,^H6763 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 had taken^H3947 from^H4480 man,^H120 made^H1129 He a woman,^H802 and brought^H935 her unto^H413 the man.^H120   —>   Again, notice that verse v2:21 had a semi-colon and connects it with this verse v2:22. This woman, Father made from the DNA—Helical Chain—from “The Man Adam” — therefore she IS Different from the women He created on the Sixth Day. It is also therefore HOW He INTENDS to keep the seed-line PURE for Him to become flesh. We will see a little later, that the woman, Eve — sadly failed to stay pure by copulating with satan and baring his son Cain.
1A23
Genesis 2:23 And Adam^H121 said,^H559 “This^H2063 is now^H6471 bone^H6101 of my bones,^H4480 ^H6101 and flesh^H1320 of my flesh:^H4480 ^H1320 she^H2063 shall be called^H7121 Woman,^H802 because^H3588 she^H2063 was taken^H3947 out of Man.”^H4480 ^H376   —>   As all the Angels were—and at present are—“masculine,” and there were no women in the world that was — the First Earth Age, for all souls were the same in the First Earth Age, i.e., the same angelic body form that the angels have in this Earth Age, is the form that our souls had in the First Earth Age. There were no females, for all souls of that Age are referred to as “sons of God” or, in the masculine sense, by Father.

It is my personal opinion, that Father took the stronger souls, and put them in the female bodies, because they can endure a lot more pain than men, and can bear the pain of childbirth.

2:24 Man and woman for
    the earth.
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Genesis 2:24 Therefore^H5921 ^H3651 shall a man^H375 leave^H5800 ^(H853) his father^H1 and his mother,^H517 and shall cleave^H1692 unto his wife:^H802 and they shall be^H1961 one^H259 flesh.^H1320   —>   How does and a MAN and a WOMAN become ONE FLESH? Though the fruit of intercourse — THEIR OFFSPRING. The offspring is two made into one.

There is NO “Adam and Steve” here in this verse. Man and WIFE to procreate — to bring forth ALL of the Angels which said “YES, I WILL BE BORN IN THE FLESH, OF THIS EARTH AGE.” If we—man—continue to allow, or had Father allowed man in Sodom and Gomorrah, continue their evil ways of homosexuality, It was and IS AN ABOMINATION TO FATHER.

2:25 Man and woman for
the earth.
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Genesis 2:25 And they were^H1961 both^H8147 naked,^H6174 the man^H120 and his wife,^H802 and were not^H3808 ashamed.^H954   —>   Of course they weren’t ashamed, they had no reason to be ashamed at this point, they were exactly as Father had created them. There was no “good and evil” YET; for though Father had pointed out THAT TREE—the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil—they had as yet, not partaken of IT. Oh, in the next Chapter they will meet the “serpent—satan in that role—but, right now they had NOT, and therefore, there was no reason to be ashamed.

In order to get the full understanding what WILL take place in the Garden of Eden, you have to go into the Hebrew Text. That understanding has had a bearing on all of mankind, and even affects prophecy in these, the final days of this Generational Age. It requires a Strong’s concordance which is numbered to the Hebrew dictionary. This will allow you to take the Hebrew words and concepts back to the prime root meaning. A Strong’s Exhaustive concordance with Hebrew and Greek dictionary is probably the best study tool on the market today.

Also, the Companion Bible, which follows the King James 1611 edition, combined with the Massoretic text, compiled by Dr. C. D. Ginsburg from the ancient Massorah manuscripts, is by far the most superior and accurate of all versions on the market today. As Dr. Bullinger states: “The Companion Bible is not a New Translation, and it is not an amended translation; it is not even a commentary. By using the original text, it is giving you exactly what the words of the original text mean, the Bible itself becomes the interpreter of God’s Word, and His Will..”

It is by the use of the Companion Bible, by Kregel publications, that we will continue our studies into these Scriptures.

Mar 2011, Updated: Feb 2023.

This Bible Study was written by Scott Reis and is provided in order to be used as a private Bible Study Tool. Therefore, it may be copied in whole or in part and shared for private Bible Study; however, it may not be reproduced and published as an original work.

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