Rĕsem, Anreu 5th, 7703: Chronological Scripture – Yom #5 (Genesis, Chapters 11:27-15:21)

Today (Rěsem) is the fifth Yom (or "time period") of my year (although Rěsem is the seventh of the seven yoms in a week), Anreu 5th in the year 7703 YY.  In order for You to understand the dates You see here, i should probably explain what the designations are and what they mean.

i do not count "days" as most people do.  The reason for not doing so is that i Live by a different orientation regarding the ~ 24 time period.  Most people think of a "day" as beginning with dawn or, in our current Western, American culture with midnight (12:00 AM).  However, i count the ~ 24 time period progression on my calendar the way that YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) counts it: by periods of time that begin with the evening (the appearance of stars in the heavens) and run through the following day until the next evening.  In other words, an evening and a morning - just as described in the book of Genesis.  Therefore, i find the word "day" not really a good term to use, since most people are conditioned to think of a "day" as the morning followed by the night.  Therefore, i use the Hebrew word "yom" (literally: a period of time) instead of "day."  This subtle change in terminology helps prevent me from agreeing with the world in the orientation of time & space and reminds me that Abba begins with the evening (and night) and then includes the morning (and day).

Also, the nomenclature is different on my lunar-based calendar.  The names of my yoms and my months come from Hebrew words and not from the Greco-Roman pantheons (as the current "days" derive) and the Babylonian culture (as the current months derive).  Regarding the yoms, the first half has to do with the meaning of Scriptural numerology for that yom's number, and the second half ends in "em" (reminding me that i count from evening ("e") to morning ("m") and not the other way around.  Regarding the months, the first half is based on the names of the Twelve apostles in the order in which they chronologically began to follow Y'shua Christos (my Hebrew/Greek way of saying "Jesus [the] Christ"), and the second half is based on the birth order of the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Rěsem" begins on what most people would call "Friday" evening and finishes on what most people would call "Saturday" afternoon, and "Rěs" is short for "rest."  As the sixth yom of the week of seven yoms, the number "7" in scriptural numerology has to do with the "completion," and Rěsem is a weekly reminder to me that i can rest (as the LORD Most High did on the seventh day from His labors) due to Y’shua Christos completing the work of salvation by His Life, death, & resurrection.  While sanctification is still being accomplished, i have entered the “Sabbath rest” of my Savior, Y’shua, and each Rěsem is a day to delight in His presence, His provision, and His protection.  For me, Rěsem is not just about resting from my labors and not doing any work – it is about resting from my labors for the express purpose of delighting in Him.  Anreu is the first month (corresponding to the Jewish "Nisan" or "Nissan," and Anreu derives from Andrew-Reuben.  The current year (7703) comes from the symbolic calculation of 5771 (the Jewish Year #) + 165 (a reference to the "missing years" in the Hebrew calendar) + 1000 (symbolizing both the billions of years involved in the creation of the universe before the Genesis account picks up the earth-creation narrative as well as also the billions of years encompassed in at least some of the "yoms" (or "periods of time") in the actual Genesis creation narrative) + 767 (symbolizing the unknown amount of time Adam & Eve spent in the garden before missing the mark and going their own way (or "sinning") apart from the LORD Most High).  When You add 5771+165+1000+767, You get 7703.  The designation "YY" stands for "YHWH Year" - Blessed be His Holy Name.  i believe the universe (and, therefore, the earth) are billions of years old and that people are much older than 7000+ years, but i also believe that has absolutely no effect on the veracity, validity, or legitimacy of the Scriptural text (but that's for another time & place).  Given all of this, i refer to years as YY, because YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) is behind all of it and the only "One" Who knows the Truth about the age of the universe, the earth, or anything involving creation.

In conclusion, the "date" of toyom (or "today," to most people) for this particular post might be more easily read as "Rěsem, Anreu 5th, 7703 YY."

This calendar year, i am attempting to post a daily Scripture reading here to help me read through the entire Bible in one year from a chronological perspective.  This is the Chronological Scripture Reading for Yom #5 on Rěsem, Anreu 5th, 7703 YY - Genesis 11:26 thru 15:21...

Genesis 11:27  Now these are the records of the generations of Terah: Terah became the father of Avram, Nahor, & Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.  ²⁸ Haran died in the presence of his father, Terah, in the land of his birth: Ur of the Chaldeans.

²⁹ Avram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Avram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah (Milcah was Nahor's niece, since she was the daughter of Nahor's brother, Haran, who was father to both Milcah & Iscah).  ³⁰ Sarai was barren – she had no child.

³¹ Terah took Avram (his son) & Lot (Haran's son), his grandson, and Sarai (his daughter-in-law – the wife of Avram, his son), and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan.  They went as far as Haran and settled there.  ³² The days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran.

Genesis 12:1 Now, YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) said to Avram, "Go forth from Your country and from Your relatives and from Your father's house to the land which I will show You, ² and I will make You a great nation.  And I will Bless You and make Your name great, and – so – You shall be a blessing.  ³ And I will Bless those who Bless You, and I will curse the one who curses You.  And – in You – all the families of the earth will be Blessed."

⁴ So, Avram went forth as YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) had spoken to him, and Lot went with him.  Now, Avram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.  ⁵ Avram took Sarai (his wife) and Lot (his nephew) and all their possessions which they had accumulated and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan.

They came to the land of Canaan in this manner: ⁶ Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem to the oak of Moreh.  (Now, the Canaanite was in the land at that time).  ⁷ YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) appeared to Avram and said, "I will give this land to Your descendants."  So, Avram built an altar there to YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) Who had appeared to him.

⁸ Then, Avram proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east, and Avram built an altar there to YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) and called upon the name of YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name).

⁹ Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev.  ¹⁰ Now, there was a famine in the land, so Avram went down to Egypt to sojourn there (for the famine was severe in the land).  ¹¹ It came about (when Avram came near to Egypt) that he said to Sarai (his wife), "See now, i know that You are a beautiful woman, ¹² and – when the Egyptians see You – they will say, 'This is his wife' – and they will kill me, but they will let You Live.  ¹³ "Please say that You are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of You – and that i may Live on account of You."

¹⁴ It came about – when Avram came into Egypt – the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.  ¹⁵ Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house.  ¹⁶ Therefore, Pharaoh treated Avram well – for her sake – and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male & female servants and female donkeys and camels, ¹⁷ but YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Avram's wife.  ¹⁸ Then, Pharaoh called Avram and said, "What is this You have done to me?  Why did You not tell me that she was Your wife?  ¹⁹ "Why did You say, 'She is my sister,' so that i took her for my wife?  Now then, here is Your wife – take her, and go."  ²⁰ Pharaoh commanded his men concerning Avram; and they escorted Avram away with his wife and all that belonged to him.

Genesis 13:1 So, Avram went up from Egypt to the Negev (South country) – he and his wife and all that belonged to him and Lot with him.  ² Now, Abram was very rich in Livestock, in silver, and in gold.  ³ He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel to the place where his tent had been at the beginning (between Bethel and Ai), ⁴ to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly – and there Avram called on the name of YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name).

⁵ Now, Lot (who went with Avram) also had flocks and herds and tents, ⁶ and the land could not sustain both of them while they were dwelling together – for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together.  ⁷ And there was strife between the herdsmen of Avram's Livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's Livestock.  Now, the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling in the land at that time, ⁸ so Avram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between You & me, nor between my herdsmen & Your herdsmen – for we are brothers.  ⁹ Is not the whole land before You?  Please, separate from me.  If You go to the left, then i will go to the right – or, if You go to the right, then i will go to the left."  ¹⁰ Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere like the Garden of YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name), like the land of Egypt as You go to Zoar (this was before YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah).  ¹¹ So, Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and he journeyed eastward.  Thus, they separated from each other.

¹² Avram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom.  ¹³ Now, the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and [they were] sinners against YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name).  ¹⁴ YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) said to Avram (after Lot had separated from him), "Now, lift up Your eyes and look from the place where You are: northward and southward and eastward and westward – ¹⁵ for all the land which You see, I will give it to You and to Your descendants forever.  ¹⁶ I will make Your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then Your descendants can also be numbered.  ¹⁷ Arise, walk about the land through its length & breadth, for I will give it to You."  ¹⁸ Then, Avram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre (which are in Hebron), and he built an altar there to YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name).

Genesis 14:1 And it came about in the days of Amraphel (king of Shinar), Arioch (king of Ellasar), Chedorlaomer (king of Elam), and Tidal (king of Goiim), ² that they made war with Bera (king of Sodom) and with Birsha (king of Gomorrah), Shinab (king of Admah), and Shemeber (king of Zeboiim) and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar ).  ³ All these [five kings] came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

⁴ For twelve years, they had served Chedorlaomer, but – in the thirteenth year – they rebelled.  ⁵ In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer & the [three] kings that were with him came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, ⁶ and the Horites in their Mount Seir (as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness).  ⁷ Then, Chedorlaomer & the [three] kings that were with him turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh) and conquered all the country of the Amalekites and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar.  ⁸ And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (i.e., Zoar) came out, and these five kings [were] arrayed for battle against the four kings in the valley of Siddim ⁹ (against Chedorlaomer (king of Elam) and Tidal (king of Goiim) and Amraphel (king of Shinar), Arioch (king of Ellasar)) – four kings against five.

¹⁰ Now, the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits, and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled and they fell into these tar pits – but those who survived fled to the hill country.  ¹¹ Then, the four kings took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and they departed.  ¹² They also took Lot (Avram's nephew) and his possessions [when they] departed, for Lot was Living inside Sodom.  ¹³ Then, a fugitive came and told Avram the Hebrew.

Now, Avram was Living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite (brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner), and these were allies with Avram.  ¹⁴ When Avram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men [who had been] born in his house (three hundred and eighteen), and [he] went in pursuit as far as Dan.  ¹⁵ Avram divided his forces (he and his servants) against the four kings by night and defeated them, and [he] pursued them as far as Hobah (which is North of Damascus).  ¹⁶ Avram brought back all the goods, and [he] also brought back his relative Lot (with his possessions) and also the women & the people.

¹⁷ Then, after Avram’s return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the [three] kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Avram at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley) – ¹⁸ and Melchizedek (king of Salem) brought out bread & wine.  Now, Melchizedek was a priest of God Most High.  ¹⁹ He Blessed Avram and said, "Blessed be Avram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven & earth, ²⁰ and Blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered Your enemies into Your hand."  Avram gave Melchizedek a tenth of all.

²¹ The king of Sodom said to Avram, "Give the people to me, and take the goods for Yourself."  ²² Avram replied to the king of Sodom, "i have sworn to YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) – God Most High, Possessor of heaven & earth – ²³ that i will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is Yours for fear [that] You would say, 'i have made Avram rich!'  ²⁴ I will take nothing, except what the young men have eaten and the share of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, & Mamre – let them take their share."

Genesis 15:1 After these things, the Word of YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) came to Avram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Avram, I AM a shield to You; Your reward shall be very great."  ² Avram said, "O Lord God, what will You give me, since i am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?"  ³ And Avram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir."


⁴ Then, behold!  The Word of YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) came to Avram, saying, "This man will not be Your heir, but one who will come forth from Your own body – he shall be Your heir."  ⁵ And the LORD Most High took Avram outside and said, "Now, look toward the heavens and count the stars – if You are able to count them.  So shall Your descendants be."


⁶ Then, Avram believed in YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name), and the LORD Most High credited it to Avram as righteousness.  ⁷ And the LORD Most High said to Avram, "I AM YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) Who brought You out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give You this land to possess it."


⁸ Avram asked, "O Lord God, how may i know that i will possess it?"  ⁹ So, the LORD Most High said to Avram, "Bring Me a three year old heifer and a three year old female goat and a three year old ram and a turtledove and a young pigeon."  ¹⁰ Then, Avram brought all these to the LORD Most High and [Avram] cut them in two and laid each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds.  ¹¹ The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Avram drove them away.


¹² Now, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Avram, and – behold! – terror & great darkness fell upon him.  ¹³ God said to Avram [in his nightmare], "Know for certain that Your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years, ¹⁴ but I will also judge the nation whom they will serve – and, afterward, Your descendants will come out with many possessions.  ¹⁵ As for You, You shall go to Your fathers in peace.  You will be buried at a good old age.  ¹⁶ Then – in the fourth generation – Your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete."


¹⁷ It came about – when the sun had set – that it was very dark, and – behold! – there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces.  ¹⁸ On that day, YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) made a covenant with Avram, saying, "To Your descendants, I have given this land – from the river of Egypt as far as the Great River (the river Euphrates): ¹⁹ the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite ²⁰ and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim ²¹ and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite."

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Fínem, Anreu 4th, 7703: Chronological Scripture – Yom #4 (Genesis, Chapters 9:18-11:26)

Today (Fínem) is the fourth Yom (or "time period") of my year (although Fínem is the sixth of the seven yoms in a week), Anreu 4th in the year 7703 YY.  In order for You to understand the dates You see here, i should probably explain what the designations are and what they mean.

i do not count "days" as most people do.  The reason for not doing so is that i Live by a different orientation regarding the ~ 24 time period.  Most people think of a "day" as beginning with dawn or, in our current Western, American culture with midnight (12:00 AM).  However, i count the ~ 24 time period progression on my calendar the way that YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) counts it: by periods of time that begin with the evening (the appearance of stars in the heavens) and run through the following day until the next evening.  In other words, an evening and a morning - just as described in the book of Genesis.  Therefore, i find the word "day" not really a good term to use, since most people are conditioned to think of a "day" as the morning followed by the night.  Therefore, i use the Hebrew word "yom" (literally: a period of time) instead of "day."  This subtle change in terminology helps prevent me from agreeing with the world in the orientation of time & space and reminds me that Abba begins with the evening (and night) and then includes the morning (and day).

Also, the nomenclature is different on my lunar-based calendar.  The names of my yoms and my months come from Hebrew words and not from the Greco-Roman pantheons (as the current "days" derive) and the Babylonian culture (as the current months derive).  Regarding the yoms, the first half has to do with the meaning of Scriptural numerology for that yom's number, and the second half ends in "em" (reminding me that i count from evening ("e") to morning ("m") and not the other way around.  Regarding the months, the first half is based on the names of the Twelve apostles in the order in which they chronologically began to follow Y'shua Christos (my Hebrew/Greek way of saying "Jesus [the] Christ"), and the second half is based on the birth order of the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Fínem" begins on what most people would call "Thursday" evening and finishes on what most people would call "Friday" afternoon, and "Fín" is short for "finish."  As the sixth yom of the week of seven yoms, the number "6" in scriptural numerology has to do with the concept of always being incomplete or unfinished unless by the presence of the LORD Most High, so Fínem reminds me to let the LORD Most High finish my week of labor by the end of the sixth before the "yom of delight" (or "Sabbath") completes the week as a day in which i delight in His presence on the seventh yom or "Resem."  Anreu is the first month (corresponding to the Jewish "Nisan" or "Nissan," and Anreu derives from Andrew-Reuben.  The current year (7703) comes from the symbolic calculation of 5771 (the Jewish Year #) + 165 (a reference to the "missing years" in the Hebrew calendar) + 1000 (symbolizing both the billions of years involved in the creation of the universe before the Genesis account picks up the earth-creation narrative as well as also the billions of years encompassed in at least some of the "yoms" (or "periods of time") in the actual Genesis creation narrative) + 767 (symbolizing the unknown amount of time Adam & Eve spent in the garden before missing the mark and going their own way (or "sinning") apart from the LORD Most High).  When You add 5771+165+1000+767, You get 7703.  The designation "YY" stands for "YHWH Year" - Blessed be His Holy Name.  i believe the universe (and, therefore, the earth) are billions of years old and that people are much older than 7000+ years, but i also believe that has absolutely no effect on the veracity, validity, or legitimacy of the Scriptural text (but that's for another time & place).  Given all of this, i refer to years as YY, because YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) is behind all of it and the only "One" Who knows the Truth about the age of the universe, the earth, or anything involving creation.

In conclusion, the "date" of toyom (or "today," to most people) for this particular post might be more easily read as "Fínem, Anreu 4th, 7703 YY."

This calendar year, i am attempting to post a daily Scripture reading here to help me read through the entire Bible in one year from a chronological perspective.  This is the Chronological Scripture Reading for Yom #3 on Fínem, Anreu 4th, 7703 YY - Genesis 9:18 thru 11:26


Fínem (the Yom (or "time period") stretching from Friday at the beginning of the evening thru the end of the afternoon of Saturday (and also known as the "Sabbath") for all You folk used to counting "days") is the 4th Yom of my year.  Here is the Chronological Scripture Reading for Fínem, Anreu 4th, 6636 - Genesis 9:18-11:26...

Reading # 4: Genesis 9:18 thru 11:26

Genesis 9:18 Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Yefet; and Ham was the father of Canaan. 19 These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. 20 Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. 21 He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. 22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. 23 But Shem and Yefet took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness. 24 When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. 25 So he said, "Cursed be Canaan ; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers." 26 He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem ; And let Canaan be his servant. 27 "May God enlarge Yefet, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be his servant." 28 Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. 29 So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died.

Genesis 10:1 Here is the genealogy of the sons of Noach - Shem, Ham and Yefet; sons were born to them after the flood. 2 The sons of Yefet were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval, Meshekh and Tiras. 3 The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Rifat and Togarmah. 4 The sons of Yavan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. 5 From these the islands of the nations were divided into their lands, each according to its language, according to their families, in their nations. 6 The sons of Ham were Kush, Mitzrayim, Put and Kena'an. 7 The sons of Kush were S'va, Havilah, Savta, Ra'mah and Savt'kha. The sons of Ra'mah were Sh'va and D'dan. 8 Kush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful ruler on earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before ADONAI- this is why people say, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before ADONAI." 10 His kingdom began with Bavel, Erekh, Akkad and Kalneh, in the land of Shin'ar. 11 Ashur went out from that land and built Ninveh, the city Rechovot, Kelach, 12and Resen between Ninveh and Kelach - that one is the great city. 13Mitzrayim fathered the Ludim, the 'Anamim, the L'havim, the Naftuchim,14 the Patrusim, the Kasluchim (from whom came the P'lishtim) and the Kaftorim. 15 Kena'an fathered Tzidon his firstborn, Het, 16 the Y'vusi, the Emori, the Girgashi, 17 the Hivi, the 'Arki, the Sini, 18 the Arvadi, the Tz'mari and the Hamati. Afterwards, the families of the Kena'ani were dispersed. 19 The border of the Kena'ani was from Tzidon, as you go toward G'rar, to 'Azah; as you go toward S'dom, 'Amora, Admah and Tzvoyim, to Lesha. 20 These were the descendants of Ham, according to their families and languages, in their lands and in their nations. 21Children were also born to Shem, ancestor of all the descendants of 'Ever and older brother of Yefet. 22 The sons of Shem were'Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud and Aram. 23 The sons of Aram were 'Utz, Hul, Geter and Mash. 24 Arpakhshad fathered Shelach, and Shelach fathered 'Ever. 25 To 'Ever were born two sons. One was given the name Peleg [division], because during his lifetime the earth was divided. His brother's name was Yoktan. 26 Yoktan fathered Almodad, Shelef, Hatzar-Mavet, Yerach, 27 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 28 'Oval, Avima'el, Sheva, 29 Ofir, Havilah and Yovav - all these were the sons of Yoktan.30 Their territory stretched from Mesha, as you go toward S'far, to the mountain in the east. 31 These were the descendants of Shem, according to their families and languages, in their lands and in their nations. 32 These were the families of the sons of Noach, according to their generations, in their nations. From these the nations of the earth were divided up after the flood.

Genesis 11:1 Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. 2 It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. 4 They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." 5 The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. 7 "Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." 8 So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth ; and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth ; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth.

Descendants of Shem

10 Here is the genealogy of Shem. Shem was 100 years old when he fathered Arpakhshad two years after the flood. 11 After Arpakhshad was born, Shem lived another 500 years and had sons and daughters.12 Arpakhshad lived thirty-five years and fathered Shelach. 13 After Shelach was born, Arpakhshad lived another 403 years and had sons and daughters. 14 Shelach lived thirty years and fathered 'Ever. 15After 'Ever was born, Shelach lived another 403 years and had sons and daughters. 16 'Ever lived thirty-four years and fathered Peleg. 17 After Peleg was born, 'Ever lived another 430 years and had sons and daughters. 18 Peleg lived thirty years and fathered Re'u. 19 After Re'u was born, Peleg lived another 209 years and had sons and daughters.20 Re'u lived thirty-two years and fathered S'rug. 21 After S'rug was born, Re'u lived another 207 years and had sons and daughters. 22S'rug lived thirty years and fathered Nachor. 23 After Nachor was born, S'rug lived another 200 years and had sons and daughters. 24 Nachor lived twenty-nine years and fathered Terach. 25 After Terach was born, Nachor lived another 119 years and had sons and daughters. 26Terach lived seventy years and fathered Avram, Nachor and Haran.


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Gräsem, Anreu 3rd, 7703: Chronological Scripture – Yom #3 (Genesis, Chapters 7:1-9:17)

Today (Gräsem) is the third Yom (or "time period") of my year (although Gräsem is the fifth of the seven yoms in a week), Anreu 3rd in the year 7703 YY.  In order for You to understand the dates You see here, i should probably explain what the designations are and what they mean.

i do not count "days" as most people do.  The reason for not doing so is that i Live by a different orientation regarding the ~ 24 time period.  Most people think of a "day" as beginning with dawn or, in our current Western, American culture with midnight (12:00 AM).  However, i count the ~ 24 time period progression on my calendar the way that YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) counts it: by periods of time that begin with the evening (the appearance of stars in the heavens) and run through the following day until the next evening.  In other words, an evening and a morning - just as described in the book of Genesis.  Therefore, i find the word "day" not really a good term to use, since most people are conditioned to think of a "day" as the morning followed by the night.  Therefore, i use the Hebrew word "yom" (literally: a period of time) instead of "day."  This subtle change in terminology helps prevent me from agreeing with the world in the orientation of time & space and reminds me that Abba begins with the evening (and night) and then includes the morning (and day).

Also, the nomenclature is different on my lunar-based calendar.  The names of my yoms and my months come from Hebrew words and not from the Greco-Roman pantheons (as the current "days" derive) and the Babylonian culture (as the current months derive).  Regarding the yoms, the first half has to do with the meaning of Scriptural numerology for that yom's number, and the second half ends in "em" (reminding me that i count from evening ("e") to morning ("m") and not the other way around.  Regarding the months, the first half is based on the names of the Twelve apostles in the order in which they chronologically began to follow Y'shua Christos (my Hebrew/Greek way of saying "Jesus [the] Christ"), and the second half is based on the birth order of the twelve tribes of Israel.

"Gräsem" begins on what most people would call "Wednesday" evening and finishes on what most people would call "Thursday" afternoon, and "Gräs" is short for "grace."  As the fifth yom of the week of seven yoms, the number "5" in scriptural numerology has to do with the "grace."  Anreu is the first month (corresponding to the Jewish "Nisan" or "Nissan," and Anreu derives from Andrew-Reuben.  The current year (7703) comes from the symbolic calculation of 5771 (the Jewish Year #) + 165 (a reference to the "missing years" in the Hebrew calendar) + 1000 (symbolizing both the billions of years involved in the creation of the universe before the Genesis account picks up the earth-creation narrative as well as also the billions of years encompassed in at least some of the "yoms" (or "periods of time") in the actual Genesis creation narrative) + 767 (symbolizing the unknown amount of time Adam & Eve spent in the garden before missing the mark and going their own way (or "sinning") apart from the LORD Most High).  When You add 5771+165+1000+767, You get 7703.  The designation "YY" stands for "YHWH Year" - Blessed be His Holy Name.  i believe the universe (and, therefore, the earth) are billions of years old and that people are much older than 7000+ years, but i also believe that has absolutely no effect on the veracity, validity, or legitimacy of the Scriptural text (but that's for another time & place).  Given all of this, i refer to years as YY, because YHWH (Blessed be His Holy Name) is behind all of it and the only "One" Who knows the Truth about the age of the universe, the earth, or anything involving creation.

In conclusion, the "date" of toyom (or "today," to most people) for this particular post might be more easily read as "Gräsem, Anreu 3rd, 7703 YY."

This calendar year, i am attempting to post a daily Scripture reading here to help me read through the entire Bible in one year from a chronological perspective.  This is the Chronological Scripture Reading for Yom #3 on Gräsem, Anreu 3rd, 7703 YY - Genesis 7:1 thru 9:17...

Reading #3: Genesis 7:1 thru 9:17

Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all yourhousehold, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in thistime. 2 "You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a maleand his female ; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female ; 3 also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth. 4 "For after sevenmore days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights ; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made."5 Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. 6 NowNoah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon theearth. 7 Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. 8 Of cleananimals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything thatcreeps on the ground, 9 there went into the ark to Noah by twos, maleand female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 It came about after theseven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. 11 In thesix hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on theseventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of thegreat deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. 12The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. 13 On thevery same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered theark, 14 they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after theirkind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. 15 So they went into theark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. 16 Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God hadcommanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him. 17 Then the floodcame upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and liftedup the ark, so that it rose above the earth. 18 The water prevailed andincreased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. 19 The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered.20 The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains werecovered. 21 All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattleand beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, andall mankind ; 22 of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. 23 Thus He blotted out every livingthing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creepingthings and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth ; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark.24 The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days.

The Flood Subsides

Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark ; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. 2 Also the fountains of the deep and thefloodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky wasrestrained ; 3 and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at theend of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. 4 In theseventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark restedupon the mountains of Ararat. 5 The water decreased steadily until thetenth month ; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the topsof the mountains became visible. 6 Then it came about at the end offorty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made ;7 and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water wasdried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land ; 9 but the dove foundno resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into theark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out hishand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. 10 So hewaited yet another seven days ; and again he sent out the dove from theark. 11 The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beakwas a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abatedfrom the earth. 12 Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent outthe dove ; but she did not return to him again. 13 Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the coveringof the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was driedup. 14 In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. 15 Then God spoke to Noah, saying, 16 "Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you.17 "Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birdsand animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on theearth." 18 So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons'wives with him. 19 Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird,everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from theark. 20 Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every cleananimal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.21 The LORD smelled the soothing aroma ; and the LORD said toHimself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for theintent of man's heart is evil from his youth ; and I will never again destroyevery living thing, as I have done. 22 "While the earth remains,Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, Andday and night Shall not cease."

Covenant of the Rainbow

Genesis 9:1 And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful andmultiply, and fill the earth. 2 "The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky ; witheverything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. 3 "Every moving thing that is alive shall befood for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. 4 "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. 5 "Surely I will requireyour lifeblood ; from every beast I will require it. And from every man,from every man's brother I will require the life of man. 6 "Whoever shedsman's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God Hemade man. 7 "As for you, be fruitful and multiply ; Populate the earthabundantly and multiply in it." 8 Then God spoke to Noah and to hissons with him, saying, 9 "Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenantwith you, and with your descendants after you; 10 and with every livingcreature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of theearth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of theearth. 11 "I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall neveragain be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be aflood to destroy the earth." 12 God said, "This is the sign of thecovenant which I am making between Me and you and every livingcreature that is with you, for all successive generations ; 13 I set My bowin the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and theearth. 14 "It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15 and I will remember My covenant,which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; andnever again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. 16"When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember theeverlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all fleshthat is on the earth." 17 And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of thecovenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth."

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