Mark 1

[JLG]

- Chapter 17 is an interesting chapter!
- it starts with Yah.weh!
- Then we hear about God Almighty (once) and then only Elohim!
- And it appears more official!
- God makes a covenant with Abram who becomes Abrahm!
- The covenant will be effective only if Abraham obeys God or as the verse 1 and 2:
Walk
הִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ (hiṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

before Me
לְפָנַ֖י (lə·p̄ā·nay)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and be
וֶהְיֵ֥ה (weh·yêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

blameless.
תָמִֽים׃ (ṯā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth


- And verse 2:

I will establish
וְאֶתְּנָ֥ה (wə·’et·tə·nāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

My covenant
בְרִיתִ֖י (ḇə·rî·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1285: A covenant

between Me and you,
בֵּינִ֣י (bê·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and I will multiply
וְאַרְבֶּ֥ה (wə·’ar·beh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's 7235: To be or become much, many or great

you
אוֹתְךָ֖ (’ō·wṯ·ḵā)
Direct object marker | second person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

exceedingly.”
בִּמְאֹ֥ד (bim·’ōḏ)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 18 is a strange one!
- Again we are told about Yah.weh and Abraham!
- We find mainly Yah.weh (ten times) but also adonay (five times)!
- It seems to be a bit different!
- The King James version of 1769 puts Yähwè all the time!
- Is it really adonay or Yah.weh?
- The problem is that the original Hebrew text was altered so many times that we may wonder!
- Not to forget that in this chapter we get the incredible dialogue between Yah.weh and Abraham about sodom and Gomorrah!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 19 is a continuation of Abraham’s story!
- Yah.weh is mainly used either by the angels who have come to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 20, we are told about Abraham and Abimelech!
- Thus we can expect God (Elohim) to be mainly used!

Abimelech (/əˈbɪməˌlɛk/; אֲבִימֶלֶךְ 'Ǎḇīmeleḵ) or Abimelek was the king of Shechem and a son of biblical judge Gideon. His name can best be interpreted as "my father is king", claiming the inherited right to rule.

He is introduced in Judges 8:31 as the son of Gideon and his Shechemite concubine, and the biblical account of his reign is described in chapter nine of the Book of Judges. According to the Bible, he was an unprincipled and ambitious ruler who often engaged in war against his own subjects.
The killing of seventy brothers
According to the Book of Judges, Abimelech went to Shechem to meet with his uncles and grandfather of his mother's side, and claimed to them that he should be the sole ruler over them and Shechem and not his brothers. He asked them whether they'd prefer to be ruled by seventy rulers or just by the individual, and he affirmed them as equal brothers. Because of Abimelech's affirmation to them, the men inclined to follow him, and gave him seventy silver shekels from the Temple of Baal Berith. He and the men then traveled to Ophrah for Gideon's home to kill Gideon's seventy sons, Abimelech's brothers; they were killed on the same stone, but only one had escaped, Jotham.

 

[JLG]

• Chapter 21 keeps telling us about Abraham’s story and Sarah and Isaac and Hagar and her son and Abimelech!
• And we mainly get Elohim!
• So I can imagine it is more impersonal!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 22 starts with elohim and ends with Yah.weh!
- First Abraham is put to the test and Yah.weh asks him for his son!
- But when Abraham is about to offer his only son, then we are told about Yah.weh!
- Do you see the difference?

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 23, God (Elohim) is only used once by the sons of Heth but not by Abraham!

- In chapter 24, it is about Yah.weh and Abraham and finding a wife for Isaac from his family!
- Thus we mainly get Yah.weh!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 25, we are told about Abraham’s death and God (Elohim) blessing Isaac!
- Then we get the history of Ishmael and we get nothing!
- then we get the history of Isaac and we get Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- If you want to become God’s friend and start having a strong relationship with God, you must call him by the tetragrammaton!
- Otherwise you can forget it!
- You will stay a stranger!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 26, we are told about Yah.weh and Isaac!
- And we only get Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- In chapter 27, Isaac is about to die and he must bless his firstborn!
- We mainly get Yah.weh or Yah.weh followed by Elohim!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 28
- Now it’s the time for Jacob to develop a strong relationship to God!
- But it is not done yet!
- Thus we get more Elohim than Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 29
- Jacob travels to get a wife from his relatives!
- He acts like his father and grandfather!
- We get only Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 30
- Rachel and Leah are fighting against one another because Jacob loves Rachel and Leah has children!
- Thus we are told about Jacob’s wives!
- Thus we get mainly Elohim!
- There is no special relationship!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 31
- Jacob speaks to his wives and to Laban!
- Thus we mainly get Elohim!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 32
- Jacob is coming back!
- He is going to meet his brother Esau!
- We mainly get Elohim!
- And then he makes a covenant to God and asks him to save him from his brother!
- Thus we get verse 9:

Then Jacob
יַעֲקֹב֒ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

declared,
וַיֹּאמֶר֮ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“O God
אֱלֹהֵי֙ (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of my father
אָבִ֣י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

Abraham,
אַבְרָהָ֔ם (’aḇ·rā·hām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation

God
וֵאלֹהֵ֖י (wê·lō·hê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of my father
אָבִ֣י (’ā·ḇî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1: Father

Isaac,
יִצְחָ֑ק (yiṣ·ḥāq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarah

the LORD
יְהוָ֞ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who told
הָאֹמֵ֣ר (hā·’ō·mêr)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

me,
אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

‘Go back
שׁ֧וּב (šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to your country
לְאַרְצְךָ֛ (lə·’ar·ṣə·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and to your kindred,
וּלְמוֹלַדְתְּךָ֖ (ū·lə·mō·w·laḏ·tə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4138: Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family

and I will make you prosper,’
וְאֵיטִ֥יבָה (wə·’ê·ṭî·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing

- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 33
- Jacob is meeting Esau and speaks to him!
- We mainly get Elohim!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 34
- Dinah is raped and his brothers kill her rapist and all the men of his people!
- Completely away from God!
- Thus there is neither Elohim nor Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- chapter 35
- we get the beginning of the relationship between God and Jacob!
- verse 2 says:

So Jacob
יַעֲקֹב֙ (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

told
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

his household
בֵּית֔וֹ (bê·ṯōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

and all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

were with him,
עִמּ֑וֹ (‘im·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

“Get rid of
הָסִ֜רוּ (hā·si·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5493: To turn aside

the foreign
הַנֵּכָר֙ (han·nê·ḵār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5236: That which is foreign, foreignness

gods
אֱלֹהֵ֤י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

that
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

are among you.
בְּתֹכְכֶ֔ם (bə·ṯō·ḵə·ḵem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

Purify yourselves
וְהִֽטַּהֲר֔וּ (wə·hiṭ·ṭa·hă·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2891: To be clean or pure

and change
וְהַחֲלִ֖יפוּ (wə·ha·ḥă·lî·p̄ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2498: To slide by, to hasten away, pass on, spring up, pierce, change

your garments.
שִׂמְלֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (śim·lō·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 8071: A dress, a mantle

- Thus we mainly get Elohim!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 36
- This is the history of Esau!
- He has nothing to do with God or Yah.weh!
- Thus there isn’t any Elohim or Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!

 

[JLG]

- Chapter 37
- Joseph is sold by his brothers!
- Thus there isn’t any Elohim or Yah.weh!
- Do you see the point?
- There is only one living God: YAH.WEH!
- Now it’s up to you to decide which kind of relationship you want to develop with him!