Baruch
ata YHVHEloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu
eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the
blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us
your Torah.)
Gen
39:1 And Yosĕph
had been taken down to Mitsrayim. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain
of the guard, a Mitsrite, bought him from the Yishmaʽĕlites who had taken
him down there.
א וְיוֹסֵף, הוּרַד
מִצְרָיְמָה; וַיִּקְנֵהוּ פּוֹטִיפַר סְרִיס פַּרְעֹה שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, אִישׁ
מִצְרִי, מִיַּד הַיִּשְׁמְעֵאלִים, אֲשֶׁר הוֹרִדֻהוּ שָׁמָּה.
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1 And Yosef was brought down to Egypt; and
Potiphar, a eunuch(saris) of Pharaoh's, the chief of executioners, an
Egyptian man, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought
him down thither.
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Why is there such a difference between the Hebrew and
the English translation. Yosef embodies Messianic
life. Yet this Messianic life was placed in subjection to an impotent master –
man made religion. This impotent master has great power and has executed
millions and millions of people throughout the ages. It appears that our
idolatry has placed us under the power of this false religion to this day..
‘’Potiphar’’ means ‘’belonging to the sun’’
– to this day most Christians belong to ‘’Sunday worship’’
Sun-day worship is the setting aside of the First
Day of the week for the worship of the sun deity, known in Babylon as Tammuz,
in Persia as Mithras, in Greece as Helios and in Rome as Sol Invictus, the
"unconquerable sun". Sun worship originated in Babylon with the Bible
character known as Nimrod setting himself up as a "mighty one" in the
earth by subjugating the population of that time to his authority and control
(Genesis 10:8-12). Pagan sources name his wife as Semiramis who became
identified as the Queen of heaven. Jewish historical sources state that he was
killed by one of the patriarchs because of the evil he was bringing into the
earth. After his death, Semiramis his
wife, became pregnant and bore a son (Tammuz) which was claimed to be of divine
origin, having been conceived from the now risen "Nimrod". Nimrod/Tammuz
and his mother-wife, Semiramis, founded the great pagan religions centered around
this counterfeit representation of the messianic hope of mankind. "Sun
worship was the earliest idolatry ." -Fausset Bible Dictionary , p. 666’’
Gen 39:2
And it came to be that יהוה was with
Yosĕph, and he became a prosperous man, and was in the house of his master the
Mitsrite. (many believers in Yahshua have become prosperous in the house of sun
worship)
Yosef was a slave, yet he prospered and managed his
master’s household. This teaches us that one’s circumstances do not determine
one’s success in life. This is one of the sure evidences of the presence of
Messianic Hebraic life. Yahshua the rabbi looked after 12 other men and their
families.
The 4 Hebrew letter Name YHVH is used 8 times in this
portion. The only time in the entire Yosef story – Why? – It's all about YHVH
our Heavenly Father. Eight is the number
of perfection. YHVH will do a perfect work in each of us whom He has called.
Gen 39:3 And his
master saw that יהוה was with him
and that יהוה made all he did to prosper in his hand.
Gen
39:4 So Yosĕph found favour in his eyes,
and served him, and he appointed him over his house, and gave into his hand all
that he had.
Gen 39:5 And it came to be,
from the time that he appointed him over his house and all that he had, that יהוה blessed the Mitsrite’s house for Yosĕph’s
sake. And the blessing of יהוה was on all
that he had in the house and in the field.
Gen 39:6 And he left in Yosĕph’s hand all that he had,
and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. And Yosĕph
was handsome in form and appearance.
Gen 39:7
And after these events it came to be that his master’s wife lifted up
her eyes to Yosĕph and said, “Lie with me.” (commentators believe Potiphars
wife was sexually frustrated because her husband was castrated – many believing
men feel emotionally castrated because of the Roman idolatrous origins of the
Christian faith. Until this day all RCC priests are called to the life of
eunuchs.)
Gen 39:8 But he refused and
said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in
the house, and he has given into my hand all that he has.
Gen 39:9 “No one is greater in this house than I, and
he has not withheld whatever from me but you, because you are his wife. And how
shall I do this great evil and sin against Elohim?”
Gen 39:10 And it came to be, as she spoke to Yosĕph day
by day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, to be with her.
Gen
39:11 And it came to be on a certain
day, when Yosĕph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the
house was inside,
Gen 39:12 that she
caught him by his garment, saying, “Lie with me.” But he left his garment in
her hand, and fled and ran outside.
Gen 39:13
And it came to be, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand
and fled outside, Gen 39:14 that she
called to the men of her house and spoke to them, saying, “See, he has brought
in to us a Heḇrew to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I
cried out with a loud voice.
Gen 39:15
“And it came to be, when he heard that I lifted my voice and cried out,
that he left his garment with me, and fled and went outside.”
Gen 39:16 And she kept his garment with her until his
master came home.
We too stripped our Messiah of his garment and hung him
naked on an execution stake.
Gen 39:17 And she
spoke to him these same words, saying, “The Heḇrew
servant whom you brought to us came in to me, to mock me,
Gen 39:18 so it came to be, as I lifted my voice and
cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled outside.”
Gen 39:19 And it came to be, when his master heard the
words which his wife spoke to him, saying, “Your servant did to me according to
these words,” that his displeasure burned.
Gen 39:20 Then Yosĕph’s master took him and put him
into the prison, a place where the sovereign’s prisoners were confined. And he
was there in the prison.
Gen 39:21 But יהוה was with Yosĕph and extended kindness to
him, and He gave him favour in the eyes of the prison warden.
Gen 39:22 And the prison warden gave into the hand of
Yosĕph all the prisoners who were in the prison, and whatever was done there
was his doing.
Gen 39:23 The prison
warden did not look into any point that was under Yosĕph’s hand, because יהוה was with him.
And whatever he did, יהוה made it
prosper.
It is this messianic life of Mashiach ben Yosef in the
lives of an end - time group of non- Jews, also known as the “mello ha goyim” –
Gen 48:19 - that will usher in Mashiach
ben David.
The very life Yahshua came to establish in those who
would truly follow him.
1.See Sukah 52b; Zohar I:25b; ibid. II:120a, III:153b, 246b and 252a. (See Sha'arei Zohar on Sukah 52a for further relevant sources in the Zohar-writings.)”
We believe that the
rabbi’s are speaking of the same Messiah – Yahshua Ha Mashiach.
You can't put this messianic spirit in prison – you
cannot kill this spirit, it will rise again – you can't hide this spirit - you can only restrict movement for a while – a
messianic spirit is free even when in prison or bound. A Messianic spirit will
willingly submit itself to abuse and confinement, knowing that even these are
working out a higher purpose to the esteem of the Father.
The Mystery of Yisrael's Salvation
Rom 11:25 For I do not wish you to be
ignorant of this secret, brothers, lest you should be wise in your own
estimation, that hardening in part has come over Yisra’ěl, until the
completeness of the nations[a] has come in. Footnote: a Gen_48:19.
For
additional insight...
Having a grasp of the words Paul used helps us to better understand this ‘Mystery of Yisrael’. Some Bible versions (NIV) translate this phrase until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. This is unfortunate and is more of a paraphrase than a translation.
*** If Paul had meant to say full number he could have used a different Greek word: ‘arithmou’, as in Revelation 7:4, the number of those who were sealed; or ‘telestoi’, “full number of days”, even as his student, Luke, used in Luke 1:43 (NASB).
Having a grasp of the words Paul used helps us to better understand this ‘Mystery of Yisrael’. Some Bible versions (NIV) translate this phrase until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. This is unfortunate and is more of a paraphrase than a translation.
*** If Paul had meant to say full number he could have used a different Greek word: ‘arithmou’, as in Revelation 7:4, the number of those who were sealed; or ‘telestoi’, “full number of days”, even as his student, Luke, used in Luke 1:43 (NASB).