Parashat 10 Portion 41 Ber 43:24-44:17 Yerm 42:7-17; 43:8-14 Matt 6:19-24

Rom 11:5  So therefore also, at this present time a remnant according to the choice of favour has come to be.

Before the foundation of the world YHVH knew who this remnant would be –

     Rev 13:6  And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against Elohim, to blaspheme His Name, and His Tent, and those dwelling in the heaven.

     Rev 13:7  And it was given to him to fight with the set-apart ones and to overcome them. And authority was given to him over every tribe and tongue and nation.

     Rev 13:8  And all those dwelling on the earth, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the slain Lamb, from the foundation of the world shall worship him.

Rev 13:9  If anyone has an ear, let him hear.

If we are truly in Messiah then we identify with Messiah Yahshua in all things –

Psa 40:7  Then I said, “See, I have come; In the scroll of the Book it is prescribed for me.

Psa 40:8  I have delighted to do Your pleasure, O my Elohim, And Your Torah is within my heart¹.” Footnote: ¹Ps. 37:31, Ps. 119:11, Isa. 51:7, Heb. 10:7-9.

If the Messiah comes in the scroll of the Book (Torah) then the remnant chosen comes the same way.

The desire and revelation of Torah resonates deep within the hearts of this chosen remnant.

Paul defines this remnant:

Rom 9:16  So, then, it is not of him who is wishing, nor of him who is running, but of Elohim who shows favour.

This Torah portion is better understood when seen in the light of a remnant of the flock of Yakov – Yakov’s sheep and the central role they will play in the destiny of humanity.

Gen 43:24  And the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet. And he gave their donkeys fodder.

Gen 43:25  And they made the present ready for Yosĕph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they were to eat there.

Gen 43:26  And when Yosĕph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand, into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.

Gen 43:27  And he asked them about their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”

Gen 43:28  And they said, “Your servant our father is in good health, he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads down and did obeisance.

Gen 43:29  And he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Binyamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me?” And he said, “Elohim show favour to you, my son.”

Gen 43:30  And Yosĕph hurried, for his emotions were deeply moved towards his brother, and he looked for a place to weep, and went into his room and wept there.

Gen 43:31  Then he washed his face and came out, and controlled himself, and said, “Serve the food.”

Gen 43:32  And they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Mitsrites who ate with him by themselves, for the Mitsrites could not eat food with the Heḇrews, for that is an abomination to the Mitsrites.

Gen 43:33  And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at each other in astonishment.

Gen 43:34  And he took portions to them from before him, but Binyamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they feasted and they drank with him – Luke 7:34

Gen 44:1  And he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as they are able to bear, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

Gen 44:2  “And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain.” And he did according to the word of Yosĕph which he spoke.

Gen 44:3  As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

Gen 44:4  And when they had gone out of the city, not having gone far, Yosĕph said to the one over his house, “Rise up, follow the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

Gen 44:5  ‘Is this not the one from which my master drinks, and with which he indeed divines? You have done evil in what you have done.’ ”

Gen 44:6  So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.

Gen 44:7  And they said to him, “Why does my master say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do according to this word.

Gen 44:8  “See, we brought back to you from the land of Kenaʽan the silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then should we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Gen 44:9  “With whomever of your servants it is found – he shall die and we shall become my master’s slaves as well.”

Gen 44:10  And he said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found becomes my slave, and you are innocent.”

Gen 44:11  And they hurried, each man let down his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.

Gen 44:12  And he searched, with the oldest first and with the youngest last, and the cup was found in Binyamin’s sack.

Gen 44:13  And they tore their garments, and each man loaded his donkey and went back to the city.

Gen 44:14  And Yehuḏah and his brothers came to Yosĕph’s house, and he was still there. And they fell before him on the ground.

Gen 44:15  And Yosĕph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that a man like me indeed divines?”

Gen 44:16  And Yehuḏah said, “What do we say to my master? What do we speak? Or how do we clear ourselves? Elohim has found out the crookedness of your servants. See, we are my master’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”

Gen 44:17  But he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your father.”

Parashat 10 Portion 40 Ber 42:18 – 43:23 Yesh 50:10- 52:11 Rev 21:9-27

Eph 3:13-21  I pray therefore, that you do not lose heart at my pressures on your behalf, which is your esteem. For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, from whom all fatherhood¹ in the heavens and earth is named, Footnote: ¹Or lineage, or paternal descent. in order that He might give you, according to the riches of His esteem by power, to be strengthened in the inner man, through His Spirit, that the Messiah might dwell in your hearts¹ through belief – having become rooted and grounded in love, Footnote: ¹Gal. 2:20. in order that you might be strengthened to firmly grasp, with all the set-apart ones, what is the width and length and depth and height, to know the love of Messiah which surpasses knowledge, in order that you might be filled to all the completeness of Elohim. And to Him who is able to do exceedingly above what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, to Him be esteem in the assembly by Messiah יהושע unto all generations, for ever and ever. Amĕn.

 

      Eph 4:3-6  being eager to guard the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace – one body and one Spirit, as you also were called in one expectation of your calling, one Master, one belief, one immersion, one Elohim and Father of all,¹ who is above all, and through all, and in you all. Footnote: ¹Mk. 12:32,34, 1 Cor. 8:6, 1 Tim. 2:5, Mk. 12:29-34.

Our Torah Portion:

     Gen 42:18 -32  Now Yosĕph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear Elohim: “If you are trustworthy, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house, and you, go, bring grain for the scarcity of food of your houses.

 “And bring your youngest brother to me, and let your words be confirmed, and you do not die.” And so they did. And they said to each other, “Truly, we are guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the distress of his life when he pleaded with us, yet we did not listen, that is why this distress has come upon us.” And Re’uḇĕn answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy,’ and you would not listen? And see, his blood is now required of us.” And they did not know that Yosĕph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter. And he turned himself away from them and wept, but came back to them and spoke to them. And he took Shimʽon from them and bound him before their eyes. And Yosĕph commanded and they filled their sacks with grain, also to put back every man’s silver to his sack, and to give them food for the journey. And thus it was done for them. So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and went from there. And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his silver, for there it was in the mouth of his sack! And he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and there it is, in my sack!” And their hearts sank and they were afraid, saying to each other, “What is this that Elohim has done to us?” So they came to Yaʽaqoḇ their father in the land of Kenaʽan and reported to him all that befell them, saying,  “The man, the master of the land, spoke to us harshly, and took us for spies of the land.  “But we said to him, ‘We are trustworthy, we are not spies. ‘We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Kenaʽan.’  “And the man, the master of the land, said to us, ‘By this I know that you are trustworthy: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the scarcity of food of your households, and go. ‘And bring your youngest brother to me, then I know that you are not spies, but that you are trustworthy – I give your brother to you, and you move about in the land.’ ” And it came to be as they emptied their sacks, that look, the bundle of each man’s silver was in his sack! And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver, they were afraid. And Yaʽaqoḇ their father said to them, “You have bereaved me – Yosĕph is no more, and Shimʽon is no more, and you would take Binyamin! All this is against me.” So Re’uḇĕn spoke to his father, saying, “Take the lives of my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I myself bring him back to you.” But he said, “My son is not going down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should come to him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my grey hair with sorrow to the grave.”

Gen 43:1-23  But the scarcity of food was severe in the land. And it came to be, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Mitsrayim, that their father said to them, “Go back, buy us a little food.” But Yehuḏah spoke to him,saying, “The man vehemently warned us, saying, ‘You do not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ”  “If you let our brother go with us, we go down and buy you food. “But if you do not let him go, we do not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You do not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ ” And Yisra’ĕl said, “Why did you do evil to me to inform the man that you still had another brother?” And they said, “The man kept asking about us and our relatives, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ And we informed him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?” And Yehuḏah said to Yisra’ĕl his father, “Send the boy with me, and let us arise and go, and live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.  “I myself shall stand guaranty for him –

from my hand you are to require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.  “For if we had not delayed, truly by now we could have returned this second time.” And their father Yisra’ĕl said to them, “If so, then do this: Take some of the best fruit of the land in your vessels and bring a present down for the man, a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds. “And take double silver in your hand, and take back in your hand the silver that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. It could have been a mistake. “And take your brother, and arise, go back to the man. “And Ěl Shaddai give to you compassion before the man, so that he shall release your other brother and Binyamin. And I, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved!”

And the men took that present and Binyamin, and they took double the amount of silver in their hand, and arose and went down to Mitsrayim, and stood before Yosĕph. And Yosĕph saw Binyamin with them, and said to the one over his house, “Bring the men home, and make a great slaughter, and prepare, for these men are to eat with me at noon.” And the man did as Yosĕph said, and the man brought the men into Yosĕph’s house.

And the men were afraid because they were brought into Yosĕph’s house. And they said, “It is because of the silver, which was put back into our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, to throw himself upon us and fall upon us, to take us as slaves, our donkeys too.” So they came near to the man over the house of Yosĕph, and spoke to him at the door of the house, and said, “O my master, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, but it came to be, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks and saw each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack, our silver in its weight. And we have brought it back in our hand.  “And we have brought down other silver in our hands to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.” But he said, “Peace be with you, do not be afraid. Your Elohim and the Elohim of your father has given you treasure in your sacks – your silver had come to me!” And he brought Shimʽon out to them.

Midrash:

42:18 “the third day” may be a reference to the last days.

Hos 6:2  ‘After two days He shall revive us, on the third day He shall raise us up, so that we live before Him.

Yosef feared the Elohim of Yisrael.

42:19 “your prison” or “your place where you are being guarded” The plural is used for “your” signifying that as long as they could not recognize Yosef they were in prison. As long as the house of Yisrael does not recognize the real Yahshua they too remain in prison. For the most part Christians have been deeply influenced by pagan ideas concerning Yahshua and even though many claim to know him, they don’t know him as he was meant to be known – they too remain in a “prison.”

42:20 bring the most precious son of your father to me – sound familiar? Beyamin or son of my right hand. If they don’t they will die – sound familiar?

Vss 21-24 – sound familiar?

Zec 12:10,11  “And I shall pour on the house of Dawiḏ and on the inhabitants of Yerushalayim a spirit of favour and prayers.

And they shall look on Me whom they pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son. And they shall be in bitterness over Him as a bitterness over the first-born. “In that day the mourning in Yerushalayim is going to be great, like the mourning at Haḏaḏ Rimmon in the valley of Meḡiddo.

Clearly this mourning was apocalyptic and referred to the national mourning of Yakov’s future resttored family during the end time Messianic days. Even ancient references in the Talmud interpret Zechariah 12:10,12 as applied to the Messiah. The 'mourning' would be like a great national mourning that gripped everyone, like experienced by the death of king Josiah,(2 Kings 23:29 and 1 Esdras) who was slain at Hadadrimmon (a city) in the valley of Megiddon. This makes sense as Josiah was the last hope of the declining kingdom. Regarding names, various sources suggest the name Hadadrimmon comes from the joining of two Syrian idols: Rimmon and Hadad who was the idol of the sun (Rimmon also the ancient name of Galilee).

Zec 12:7  “And יהוה shall save the tents of Yehuḏah first, so that the comeliness of the house of Dawiḏ and the comeliness of the inhabitants of Yerushalayim would not become greater than that of Yehuḏah.

Vss 25-38 – Midrash

Chp 43:1-23 – Midrash:

Parashat 10 Portion 39 Ber 41:38 – 42:17 Yesh 11:2-9 Luke 9:46-48

This week’s Torah Portion:

     Psa 119:29  Remove from me the way of falsehood, And favour me with Your Torah.

     Psa 119:34  Make(cause) me understand, that I might observe(preserve) Your Torah, And guard it with all my heart. 

Gen 41:38-57  

And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Could we find another like him, a man in whom is the Spirit of Elohim?” Then Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “Since Elohim has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. “Be over my house, you yourself, and at your mouth all my people shall kiss – only in the throne I am greater than you.” And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Mitsrayim.” And Pharaoh took his seal-ring off his hand and put it on Yosĕph’s hand. And he dressed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck. And he had him ride in the second chariot which he had. And they cried out before him, “Bow the knee!” And he set him over all the land of Mitsrayim. And Pharaoh said to Yosĕph, “I am Pharaoh, and without a word from you let no man lift his hand or foot in all the land of Mitsrayim.” And Pharaoh called Yosĕph’s name Zaphnath-Paʽnĕaḥ. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. And Yosĕph went out over all the land of Mitsrayim. Now Yosĕph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim. And Yosĕph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Mitsrayim. And in the seven years of plenty the ground brought forth generously. And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Mitsrayim, and laid up the food in the cities. He laid up in every city the food of the fields which surrounded them. Thus Yosĕph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he ceased counting, for it was without number. And to Yosĕph were born two sons before the years of scarcity of food came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him. And Yosĕph called the name of the first-born Menashsheh, “For Elohim has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house.” And the name of the second he called Ephrayim, “For Elohim has caused me to bear fruit in the land of my affliction.” And the seven years of plenty which were in the land of Mitsrayim came to an end, and the seven years of scarcity of food began to come, as Yosĕph had said. And the scarcity of food was in all lands, but in all the land of Mitsrayim there was bread. But when all the land of Mitsrayim hungered, and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh said to all the Mitsrites, “Go to Yosĕph, do whatever he says to you.” And the scarcity of food was over all the face of the earth, and Yosĕph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Mitsrites. And the scarcity of food was severe in the land of Mitsrayim. And all the earth came to Yosĕph in Mitsrayim to buy grain, because the scarcity of food was severe in all the earth.

Gen 42:1-17  And when Yaʽaqoḇ saw that there was grain in Mitsrayim, Yaʽaqoḇ said to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”  And he said, “See, I have heard that there is grain in Mitsrayim. Go down to that place and buy for us there, and let us live and not die.” And Yosĕph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Mitsrayim. But Yaʽaqoḇ did not send Yosĕph’s brother Binyamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some harm come to him.” And the sons of Yisra’ĕl went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the scarcity of food was in the land of Kenaʽan. And Yosĕph was the governor over the land, he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Yosĕph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth. And Yosĕph saw his brothers and recognised them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly, and said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Kenaʽan to buy food.” So Yosĕph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him. And Yosĕph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!” And they said to him, “No, my master, but your servants have come to buy food.  “We are all one man’s sons, we are trustworthy, your servants are not spies.” But he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.” And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Kenaʽan. And see, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.” And Yosĕph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’  “By this you shall be proven: By the life of Pharaoh, you do not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.  “Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you are kept in prison. So let your words be proven to see whether there is any truth in you, or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies!” And he put them all together in prison for three days.

Midrash:

Read Gen 32 Vs 38,39

Isa 11:2  The Spirit of יהוה shall rest upon Him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of יהוה, and shall make(cause) Him breathe in the fear of יהוה. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears.

ג  וַהֲרִיחוֹ, בְּיִרְאַת יְהוָה

Lit – his scent(harihacho - 7306)  is the fear of YHVH. The word “breathe” is not used in the text. However the prophet seems to suggest that the evidence we have been in the presence of the Messiah is that we “breathe” in the scent or fragrance of the fear of YHVH. How many today can witness to this?

2Co 2:15-16  Because we are to Elohim the fragrance of Messiah among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. To the one we are the smell of death to death, and to the other the fragrance of life to life. And who is competent for these? Hebrew word for “fear” can mean both terror or reverence.

Vs 40 - וְעַל-פִּיךָ יִשַּׁק כָּל-עַמִּי

“upon your mouth he will kiss all my people”

Psa 2:12  Kiss the Son, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.

Read Gen 42 Vs 41,42,43 and midrash

Php 2:8-11 And having been found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death, death even of a stake. Elohim, therefore, has highly exalted Him and given Him the Name which is above every name, that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and every tongue should confess that יהושע Messiah is Master, to the esteem of Elohim the Father.