[We have written an earlier post on this chapter, asking the question: So what’s wrong with building a high tower?: More questions that need to be asked are: what is wrong with unity, harmony, working together, making a name for a people-group who want to build a tower?   Isn’t that what Elohiym required of […]

[We are all descendants of Noah and his three sons. . . . think about the implications of that.  If the Creator saw fit to start over and repopulate the earth with the only ‘righteous’ man worth saving in his generation, then what would be the proverbial fly in the ointment?  Well as it turns […]

[PEACE between Heaven and earth . . .Divinity and humanity . . .wrongdoing thrives on earth which angers Heaven, so the Deluge.  But after judgment and widespread destruction, the dove symbol appears for the first time (unless it has been in widespread use in myths and legends of antiquity).  Here, it is used in the […]

[Little do readers of the Hebrew Scriptures realize that on top of communication from the Revelator on Sinai regarding teachings and instructions for mankind, we would learn about earthly time and seasons, regional flora and fauna, differences between raven and dove, things that biblical figures like Noah would automatically know but that we would most […]

[In this sixth millennium when the world has witnessed and experienced tidal waves, tsunamis and sea surge “of biblical flood proportions” the releasing of water from the heavens as well as from the deep is no longer inconceivable.  Blow by blow accounts presented by international media on television screens and cellphone videos taken by survivors […]

[A child’s exposure to bible stories surely includes the account of Noah and the Ark. It is so easy to visualize, what with the ark’s design and best of all, the parade of animals boarding the vessel.  We wonder how they would all fit in, what they would eat for 40 days and nights, the […]

[The first verse that caught our attention in this chapter is the one about Seth being in the image of Adam. Sorry to keep referring back to what we used to teach as Christians, this is our way of correcting former mistakes.   We would say without thinking:  ‘Adam was made in the image of […]

[If there is a chapter so controversial that it requires rereading, restudying and reinterpretation—this would be it!   It is interesting to read—for a change—the comments of Jewish sages featured in our valuable resource book P&H/Pentateuch and Haftarahs, ed. Dr. J.H. Hertz; they know their Hebrew terms and the original text; they correct or give alternatives […]

[With 3 commentaries being interspersed in these texts, readers benefit but might get confused.  Our own notes are indicated by “S6K” and “EF” stands for Everett Fox, from his translation/commentary The Five Books of Moses; “RA” for Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses.  We have separated the commentary from Pentateuch and Haftorahs in another post.   Please be guided […]