Deuteronomy 5:2 - The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.
Nehemiah 9:13 - "Then You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments. 14 So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses."
Can't be much clearer than that.
So what charge and which commandments, statutes and laws were God talking about in Genesis 26:5? It doesn't say the 10 commandments which were given through Moses.
If every man from Adam to Moses kept the Sabbath, why is the Hebrew word for the weekly Sabbath found in the Ten Commandments not found in the book of Genesis? Why is no one before Moses ever commanded to keep the Sabbath? Why are there no examples of anyone keeping the Sabbath before Moses? Why were the Patriarchs never instructed about the Sabbath but were instructed regarding: Offerings: Genesis 4:3-4, Altars Genesis 8:20, Priests: Genesis 14:18, Tithes: Genesis 14:20, Circumcision: Genesis 17:10, Marriage: Genesis 2:24 and Genesis 34:9. Why would God leave out the Sabbath command in Genesis if it was for everyone to keep before Moses?
The sabbath was not given to all the nations. It was given to the nation of Israel. Look at Deuteronomy 5:1-15, which gives the commandments to Israel. 2 The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive. Did you see that?
Nehemiah 9:13 - "Then You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments. 14 So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, and laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses."
Are you saying that there are two sets of Commandments?
Genesis 26:5 is talking about the Ten Commandments and Gods Law.
They are the same Commandments given to Moses later on Mount Si
Commandment #1 – Worship only YHWH:
Gen 22:5, 24:26, 48, 52 all describe worship of the true God of heaven, YHWH.
Gen 35:1-4 – Jacob instructs his whole household to eliminate all foreign gods
Commandment #2 – Idolatry prohibited
Gen 31:32-35 – Jacob clearly understood that idolatry was forbidden.
Gen 35:1-4 – Jacob instructs his whole household to eliminate all foreign gods
Commandment #3 –Cursing and taking the name of the LORD in vain prohibited
Job 1:5 – When these celebrations ended—sometimes after several days—Job would purify his children. He would get up early in the morning and offer a burnt offering for each of them. For Job said to himself, “Perhaps my children have sinned and have cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Commandment #4 – Sabbath worship
Gen 2:1-3 – Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Ex 5:5 - And Pharaoh said, “Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest [שָׁבַת sabbath] from their burdens!”
Ex 16 also records the incident with manna and that collecting manna on the seventh-day Sabbath was forbidden.
(In scripture rest means Sabbath
Keeping) Look it up!
Commandment #5 – Respect for parents, elders and authority
Gen 28:6, 7 tells of the story of Jacob following his mother’s advice. Respect for parents is built into the very fabric of the patriarchal stories in Genesis.
Commandment #6 – Sanctity of Human life
Gen 4:8-12, 15 records Cain’s punishment for the sin of murder
Gen 4:23, 24 – Lamech realizes that he has murdered someone and will suffer consequences.
Gen 9:5, 6 records that murder was prohibited under the ancient Noahide covenant.
Commandment #7 – Adultery prohibited.
Gen 12:10-20, 20:1-17, 26:6-11 all record “adultery narratives” in which the patriarch is (correctly) chided for almost tricking a pagan king into committing adultery.
Gen 19 records the appalling events involving attempted pack-rape of the two angels
Gen 39:7-9 – Joseph calls Potiphar’s wife proposal “a great evil and sin against God”.
Gen 49:4 – Reuben is scalded for his sin of incest.
Gen 34 – the story of Dinah records a heinous incident involving her defilement (plus murder and lying)
Commandment #8 – Stealing prohibited and respect for property.
Gen 30:33 – Laban and Jacob discuss the problem of stealing of wages and property.
Gen 31:32-35 – Laban is angry about the sin of stealing the household gods.
Gen 44:9 – Joseph’s brother accused of stealing his divination cup.
Commandment #9 – Lying prohibited; insistence of honesty and integrity.
Gen 4 – the story of Cain being punished, among other things for not being honest with Abel and God in his statements.
Gen 12:10-20, 20:1-17, 26:6-11 all record “adultery narratives” in which the patriarch is (correctly) chided for lying to a pagan king about their marital status.
In the story of Jacob, he is pejoratively called Jacob = “deceiver”, Gen 27:36.
Gen 37:31-33 – Jacob rebuked for lying and deception.
Commandment #10 – Coveting prohibited.
Gen 3:6 – the woman is tricked by the serpent using the sin of covetousness.
Job 31:9, 10 – Job says he is innocent of coveting his neighbor's wife. Other Laws
Even the probation against eating blood is listed among the requirements in the Noahide covenant, Gen 9:4, 5.
Blessings, Danny