Blessed are You, YHVH our Elohim, King of the universe, who has made us set apart through His commandments and commanded us to engross ourselves in the words of the Torah. Blessed are You, YHVH, Giver of the Torah – Ameyn
ויהיו בני־נח
- יִּהְיוּ
(vayyihyu) every verb form carries hidden nuance. Thus, וַיִּהְיוּ symbolizes the
moment when unity becomes diversity, when one divine essence manifests in
many forms (“and they were”) – ‘’and there were the sons of Noah’’ Why
is this important? Our Torah portion will give us more insight.
Gen 9:18 And the sons of Noaḥ who went out of the ark were
Shĕm and Ḥam and Yepheth. And Ḥam was the father of Kenaʽan. Gen 9:19 These three were the sons of Noaḥ, and all the earth was
overspread from them.
In rabbinic thought, these verses are understood as
the foundation for a renewed covenantal world order. After the flood,
creation was “reset,” and Noah became like a new Adam. The rabbis viewed
this as YHVH re-establishing His covenant with all humanity — not just Israel
The Midrash describes Noah as a second Adam,
appointed to renew the world. The sons’ names point to the prophetic destiny
and direction of a renewed world:
- Shem
(name) → divine designation, spiritual inheritance.
- Ham
(warmth/heat) → passion and vitality, but also potential for excess.
- Japheth
(beauty/expansion) → human culture and aesthetics.
Together, they represent the full spectrum of humanity’s
gifts and callings in establishing YHVH’s covenant on earth and to bless all
the nations in this age and in the coming age.
Gal 3:8
And the Scripture, having foreseen that Elohim would declare right the nations
by belief, announced the Good News to Abraham beforehand, saying, “All
the nations shall be blessed in you,”
Genesis 11:10-26 traces the descendants of Shem to Abraham.
By the time of the flood, (see Bereshit Rabbah 23:2)
teaches that Cain’s line had become completely corrupted and all of them were wiped
out, having “filled the earth with violence” (Gen. 6:11–13).
Gen 6:13
and Elohim said to Noaḥ, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled
with violence through them. And see, I am going to destroy them from the
earth.
Gen 7:23
So He wiped off all that stand, which were on the face of the ground – both man
and beast, creeping creature and bird of the heavens. And they were
wiped off from the earth. And only Noaḥ was left, and those with him in
the ark.
We see
this same scenario prophesied in the last days in the last days:
Zep 1:2 “I shall snatch away all from the face of
the earth,” declares יהוה –
Zep 1:3 “I snatch away man and beast, I snatch away
the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea, and the stumbling-blocks,
with the wrong, when I shall cutoff man from the face of the earth,” declares יהוה.
Jer
4:22 “For My people are foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid
children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do
good they have no knowledge.”
Jer
4:23 I looked at the earth, and saw it was formless and empty. And the
heavens, they had no light. ( this same expressions is used in Gen 1:2 והארץ היתה
תהו ובהו )
Jer
4:24 I looked at the mountains, and saw they shook, and all the hills
were swaying.
Jer
4:25 I looked, and saw there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens
had fled.
Jer
4:26 I looked, and saw the garden land was a wilderness, and all its
cities were broken down at the presence of יהוה, by His burning displeasure.
What about the Nephelim of Gen 9? Surely, they were from the
line of Cain.
So, while the Nephilim before the Flood are seen as
Cainite in character, none of Cain’s biological descendants survive the
deluge.
“And also, afterward” — The Puzzling Phrase Genesis
6:4 adds: “The Nephilim were on the earth in those days — and also afterward…”
Later in Numbers 13:33, the Israelite spies report: “We
saw the Nephilim there — the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim.”
How could Nephilim exist after the Flood if all
Cain’s line was destroyed?
So, post-Flood Nephilim (like the Anakim, Rephaim, and Og)
are spiritual echoes of the Cainite corruption, not genealogical
descendants.
What if rebellious daughters of Noah’s descendants were deceived
into co habitaing with fallen angels?
It is believed by some that the Antichrist and False
Prophet carry the spirit of the Nephilim, not their genetics.
They represent the final manifestation of the same rebellion — heaven’s
order defied by human arrogance. In both Jewish and Christian apocalyptic
thought, this is a moral and spiritual phenomenon, not a new angel-human
race.
1Pe 1:23 having been born again – not of corruptible seed,
but incorruptible – through the living Word of Elohim, which remains forever,
One of the most painful condition of our time as believers
is that how come, if we are born again of an incorruptible seed – the Word of
Elohim – there remains corruption and the ‘’yetzer ha ra’’ (evil inclination) within
the waiting bride of Messiah?
To that question Yahshua would answer ‘’ Mat 22:29 And יהושע answering, said to them, “You go astray, not knowing the
Scriptures (Torah) nor the power of Elohim.
This perfect seed was sown into imperfect bodies. That is
why the resurrection is so crucial for our redemption.
1Co
15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption,
it is raised in incorruption; 1Co 15:43 it is sown in
disrespect, it is raised in esteem; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in
power; 1Co 15:44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual
body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 1Co 15:45 And so
it has been written, “The first man Aḏam became
a living being,” Gen_2:7 the last Aḏam a life-giving Spirit. 1Co 15:46 The spiritual,
however, was not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 1Co 15:47
The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man is the Master from
heaven. 1Co 15:48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is
the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. 1Co 15:49 And as we have
borne the likeness of the earthy, we shall also bear the likeness of the
heavenly.
Gen 9:20 And Noaḥ, a man of the soil, began and
planted a vineyard. Gen 9:21 And he drank of the wine and was drunk and
became uncovered in his tent. (her tent not his tent)
כא וַיֵּשְׁתְּ מִן-הַיַּיִן, וַיִּשְׁכָּר; וַיִּתְגַּל, בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֹה.
Gen 9:22 And Ḥam, the father of Kenaʽan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his
two brothers outside.
“Now this first
incestuous act on the list is described in Leviticus 18:7: “You shall not
uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of
your mother; she is your mother; you shall not uncover her
nakedness.” In other words, a man’s mother has nakedness that is
actually his father’s nakedness, that is, a nakedness that belongs to his
father alone. He is not to “uncover her nakedness,” i.e., have sexual
intercourse with her, because her sexuality, her nakedness, is to be reserved
only for his father. This sheds an entirely fresh light on Genesis
9:22, for it reveals that Cham’s sin is not that he stared at Noach
nakedness but that he had intercourse with Noach’s wife, his own mother, while
Noach was passed out on the couch. He “saw the nakedness of his father,” that
is, the nakedness that properly belonged only to Noach.
Shem and Japheth
backed into the room so they themselves would not be tempted to commit the same
sin and laid a blanket over the exposed body of their mother. This also
explains an otherwise odd thing. In Genesis 9:22 Cham is identified not just
as Cham but as “Cham, the father of Kena’an.” This is incongruous, unless of
course, Ken’an is the son who was born of this incestuous union between Cham
and his mother and became the father of the Kena’anite people. This
explains why the curse of Genesis 9:25 fell, not upon Cham, as one might
expect, but upon Kena’an. Noach does not say, “Cursed be Cham,” but “Cursed be
Kana’an.” (Now Cham certainly experienced the effect of this curse himself, as
his legacy would forever be tainted.)
In the larger
narrative of the Torah, this story is included to lay the foundation for YHVH’s
decision to use Yisrael as a means of judgment on the Kena’anites. They were a
people conceived in incest, a people who began their history under the curse of
sexual depravity, and were a people characterized by sexual perversity for
their entire history, as events in Sodom and Gomorrah illustrate. (Gen
10:19 – Sodom Gomorah is Kena’anite territory) In time, the unrepentant sexual
deviancy of Kena’an caused them to forfeit their moral right to exercise
sovereignty over their native land and they were destroyed. The land “vomited
them out” (Lev. 18:25), as if their depravity had made their homeland
physically sick. In time, when the “iniquity of the Amorites...(was) complete”
(Genesis 15:16), YHVH’s patience was exhausted and Kena’an was judged by
the armies of Yisrael.
It preserves the idea that has been brought forth that this
was an attempted seizure of Noach's authority, quoting a 1971 article from FW
Basset: "A son who has sexual relations with his mother or step-mother
commits a rebellious act against his father, since the possession of a man's
wife is seen also as an effort to supplant the man himself." Note the
connection with Absalom, Reuven, Dawid's taking of Shaul's wives, and
Adoniyah's attempt to have Abishag.’’
https://www.jstor.org/stable/30040989?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
‘’A report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) has documented how
cases of violence ranging from spousal and child abuse to rape, incest and
murders committed under the guise of family ‘honour’ often go unreported and
unpunished. Discriminatory criminal legislation in force in the West Bank
and Gaza has led to virtual impunity for perpetrators of sexual violence
and has deterred victims from reporting abuse.’’
See also 1 Cor 5:1-5 Paul deals with a similar problem in
one of the assemblies.
Gen 9:22 And Ḥam, the father of Kenaʽan, saw the nakedness of his
father, and told his two brothers outside. Gen
9:23 So Shĕm and Yepheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders,
and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father, but their faces
were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness Gen 9:24
And Noaḥ awoke from his wine, and he knew what his younger son had done to
him,Gen 9:25 and he said, “Cursed is Kenaʽan,
let him become a servant of servants to his brothers.” Gen 9:26 And he said, “Blessed be יהוה, the Elohim of Shĕm, and let Kenaʽan become his servant. Gen 9:27 “Let Elohim enlarge Yepheth, and let him
dwell in the tents of Shĕm. And let Kenaʽan become his servant.”
Vs 27 has
given rise to a diabolical justification of treating black people poorly. Every
human being on earth is made in the image of YHVH and is worthy of dignity and
respect.
In fact,
the true followers of Messiah will not only see themselves as servants, but as
bond servants. Committing themselves to a life of servanthood as our Master
Messiah came to show us.
The nation
of Yisrael was birthed on the continent of Africa.
Our Messiah
Himself found protection on the continent of Africa –
Mat
2:13 And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared
to Yosěph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee
to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to
seek the Child to destroy Him.”
Mat 2:14 And rising up, he took the Child and His
mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,
Mat 2:15 and remained there until the death of
Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I
have called My Son.” Exo_4:22-23, Hos_11:1, Rev_21:7.
Gen 9:27 “Let Elohim enlarge Yepheth, and let him
dwell in the tents of Shĕm. And let Kenaʽan
become his servant.”
Vs 27 is an
often-overlooked prophecy in the Torah. The implication is that although there
may be three groups of believers in YHVH and His Messiah – there is only one
“tent” or one place where YHVH chooses to meet with those who call on His Name
– Shem’s tent. (Ez 23)
The
tents of Shem…….
Rom 3:1 What then is the advantage of the Yehuḏite, or what is the value of the
circumcision? Rom 3:2 Much in
every way! Because firstly indeed, that they were entrusted with the Words of
Elohim.1 Footnote: 1See 2:20. Rom 3:3 For what
if some did not believe? Shall their unbelief nullify the trustworthiness of
Elohim? Rom 3:4 Let it not be! But let Elohim be true, and every man a liar, as
it has been written, “That You should be declared right in Your words, and
prevail in Your judging.”
Rom 9:4 who are Yisra’ĕlites, whose is the
adoption, and the esteem, and the covenants, and the giving of the Torah, and
the worship, and the promises, Rom 9:5 whose are the fathers, and from
whom is the Messiah according to the flesh, who is over all, Elohim-blessed
forever. Amĕn.
Rom 9:6 However, it is not as though the word of Elohim has
failed. For they are not all Yisra’ĕl who are of Yisra’ĕl, Rom 9:7 neither
are they all children because they are the seed of Aḇraham, but, “In
Yitsḥaq your seed shall be called.” Rom 9:8 That is, those who are the children of the flesh, these are not
the children of Elohim, but the children of the promise are reckoned as the
seed.
Gen 9:28 – 10:32
Isa 49:5 And now said יהוה – who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring
Ya‛aqoḇ back to Him,
though Yisra’ěl is not gathered to Him, yet I am esteemed in the eyes of יהוה, and My Elohim has been My strength – Isa 49:6
and He says, “Shall it be a small matter for You to be My
Servant to raise up the tribes of Ya‛aqoḇ,
and to bring back the preserved ones of Yisra’ěl? And I shall give You as a
light to the nations, to be My deliverance to the ends of the earth!” Isa
49:7 Thus said יהוה, the Redeemer of
Yisra’ěl, their Set-apart One, to the Jer 4:22 “For My people are
foolish, they have not known Me. They are stupid children, and they have no
understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no
knowledge.”
The Restoration of Yisrael
Isa 49:8 Thus said יהוה, “In a favourable time I shall answer You, and in the day of
deliverance I shall help You – and I guard You and give You for a covenant of
the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the ruined
inheritances,
Blessed are
you YHVH, our Elohim, King of the Universe, you have given us your Torah of
truth and have planted everlasting life within our midst. Blessed are you, YHVH
giver of the Torah. Amein.
Additional
Midrash:
Rom 9:4 who are Yisra’ĕlites, whose is the adoption, and
the esteem, and the covenants, and the giving of the Torah, and the worship,
and the promises,
Gen 9:27 “Let Elohim enlarge Yepheth, and let him dwell
in the tents of Shĕm. And let Kenaʽan
become his servant.”
Vs 27 is
an often-overlooked prophecy in the Torah. The implication is that although
there may be three groups of believers in YHVH and His Messiah – there is only
one “tent” or one place where YHVH chooses to meet with those who call on His
Name – Shem’s tent. (Ez 23)
I believe
one of the most liberating revelations about being in a covenant with YHVH is
about to be revealed to YHVH’s covenant people in the last days that will
finally deliver us from all idolatry ……. I will share this in private in fear
of being misunderstood.
Hint: Yom Kippur
- The innermost space of union where heaven and earth meet – the most
intimate space where YHVH enters into covenant with man. That space where we receive
His Name. That space where no one else is permitted besides You and YHVH.