Integrating the gospel of John with the book of Genesis and the book of Isaiah using the RSV

table of contents: preliminary and introductory reviews of the RSV

1. the use of 'wept-weep-weeping' in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis

2. 'lifted', 'raised' and 'opening' of eyes

3. use of 'cry/crying/cried' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

4. 'voice' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

5. 'field' in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis

     'white' in John:  'fields white for harvest' 

                                  'two angels in white', Mary M. and Jesus as gardener

6. washing feet: in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

7. cana miracles I and II in the gospel of John

8. "Come and see" in the gospel of John

9. Pointing from Lazarus to Esau and Jacob: 

     Mary's anointing the Lord-Jesus' feet and Jesus' laying aside garments

     'the smell of a field the LORD has blessed' / 'the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment'

     'hands', 'feet', 'face'

10. 'wilderness' in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John

11. 'angel' in the book of Genesis

12. 'stooping', 'bent down': Jesus, Mary Magdalene and the beloved disciple

13. Jesus' arrest at Gethsemane

14. 'Sin' in the gospel of John and 1 John

15. template found in Genesis 18: 'the LORD' as 'three men' to Abraham

16. Uses of 'Lamb of God', 'Son of God', 'King of Israel', 'Son', 'only Son' in John's gospel

17. 'am I' and 'I am' in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John

18. 'lad' in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis 

19. 'cast' (out) in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

20. 'came forth' and 'came out' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John 

21. 'well' and 'spring' of water in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John

22. 'ill' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

23. Two statements separated by the word 'even' in John's gospel

24. 'scripture fulfilled' in the gospel of John

25. Passover accounts in the gospel of John

26. Sequence of titles for 'Jesus' in John's gospel chapter one

27. 'fig tree' in John's gospel and OT literature

28. Twin stories in the book of Genesis:  Esau and Jacob of Rebekah, Zerah and Perez of Tamar

29. 'Rabbi', 'Teacher' and 'Lord' in the gospel of John

30. 'Brother', 'Disciple' and 'Servant' in the gospel of John, the book of Isaiah and the book of Genesis

31. 'What to say and what to speak' : 'Jacob' and 'Israel' (Isaiah 40.27) in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and in the gospel of John

32. Example of 'Esau' and 'Jacob' from early Christian and Jewish Rabbinic commentary

33. Key Hebrew citations in John's gospel : from Isaiah to Zechariah (119)

34. The work : Strengthen Particular and Search for Universal among Abrahamic Faiths in Partnership with other traditions

35.  'it' in the gospel of John

36. ‘them’ in the gospel of John

37. ‘Peter’ and ’Simon Peter’ in the gospel of John

38. ‘we’ and 'us' in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis

39. RSV choices / [ , and ] as enfolding and verse/punctuation choices, pronoun significance and pattern as found in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John 

40. 'afterward' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

41. ‘behold’ in the gospel of John

42. ‘dream’ in the book of Genesis

43. ’night’ in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

44. ’tomb’-'cave'-'well'-'pit' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John

45. ‘heaven’ in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John

46. Joseph and sons Ephraim and Manasseh and father Jacob-Israel and the crossing of hands

47. ’turn’ in the gospel of John

48. some uses of ‘water’ in the book of Genesis

49. YHWH and Elohim and El who suffices in the book of Genesis

50. ‘womb’ and 'travail' in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John and its relation to Rachel

51.  Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin in the book of Genesis, secondary roles of Joseph and Benjamin in the book of Genesis 

52. ‘God’, ‘LORD God’, ’the LORD’, ‘my Lord’ in the book of Genesis

53.  Markan Priority: seen progression in Mark through Matthew and Luke to John

54. ‘O’ in the book of Genesis, the book of Isaiah and the gospel of John RSV

55. ’son’ in the book of Genesis (Isaac and Ishmael) and Abraham’s sacrifice

56.  4 Ezra (2 Esdras), The book of Enoch, the book of Jubilees, the gospel of Mary, the book of Jasher, the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, the Hebrew-Nazarene gospel as examples:  critical nature of DSS, Hebrew citations, apocrypha as base in understanding John's gospel

examples of exclamation mark (!) in the gospel of John and the book of Genesis, RSV:

significant use of pronouns, punctuation breaks and pattern in the RSV

pronoun 'me' is 2 in the third from the beginning as postulated:

example, Gen 4.

[10]  And the LORD said, 'What have you done? /  The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

'LORD' as 'three men' to Abraham, Gen 18

LORD/Lord ----------------> Lord (Jesus)

   /\                                                      I

     I____________________I

                            3

   1 / 2               1      2

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2nd pass through:  Jesus 'before Abraham' (J 8.58) and 'in the beginning'

the gospel of John RSV:

John 1.29:  The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him2, and (      )3 said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God, (      ) who takes away the sin of the world!

J Bp:  audience unknown:  previous Levites and priests sent by the Pharisees: 

he___(       )___him               'the Lamb of God'                           +

                                                                                                            +       +

1.36:  ; / and he looked at Jesus as he2 walked, and (      )3 said, ‘Behold, the Lamb of God!’

second ‘Lamb of God’ with exclamation mark

J Bp:  Andrew and unnamed disciple 'heard and followed Jesus'                       +

                                                                                                                                        +       +           

1.47:  Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and (      )2 said of him3, ‘Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!’                                                              

                                                                                   +

                                                                              +       +            

only use of 'guile' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 27.

[35]  But he said, 'Your brother came with guile, and he2 has taken away your blessing.'

[ father Isaac to Esau re: Jacob ]

[ 'taken away':  second fragment and second 'he' ]

only 'coming to' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 32.

[6]  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him2.'

    

                

1.49:  Nathanael answered him, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God!  / You are the King of Israel!  

second 'Son of God' in J 1 (with exclamation mark)  

first: J 1.[34]  And I have seen and (     )2 have born witness that this is the Son of God.'  1-2-3

( John the Baptist ) /\

'the Son of God!'  /  second 'the King of Israel!'

only use of 'Rabbi' in the four gospel set is in the gospel of John

HB citation, RSV:

Psalm 2.7: 

I will tell of the decree of the LORD:
/ He said to me, "You are my son,
today I have begotten you2.

6.14:  When the people saw the sign which he had done, they said, ‘This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world!’

‘lad’ feeding: 

John 6.

[19b]  / They were frightened,

[20] but he said to them2, "It is I; / do not be afraid."   ('Fear not')

'I' is the LORD/Lord

Gen 48.  ( 'Israel' v 14: crossed hands on Joseph's sons Manasseh and Ephraim: Joseph advocates for first born)

[15]  And he blessed Joseph, and (     )2 said, 

'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,

the God2 who has led me all my life long to this day,

[16]  the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;

/ and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my

fathers Abraham and Isaac;

/ and let them grow into a multitude in the midst+ of the earth.'

[ 'lad' in the book of Genesis RSV:  Ishmael, [ Isaac G 21.11-12?, G 22.5. 12?], Joseph and Benoni-Benjamin +]

In Joseph and Israel are "he"___(     )2  Gen 48.15

(     ) and heaven

'lad' feeding in John 6.

[2]  And a multitude followed him, because they saw the signs which he2 did on those2 who were diseased.  

[ 'a multitude' from Jerusalem to Tiberius: same location as the seven disciples second catch of fish (on right side) in J 21 and not far from Cana where the 'six stone jars' ('them' as object; second 'them' as object in 'scriptures') of water were made into wine J 2 ] 

[3]  Jesus went up on the mountain, and there (      ) sat down with his disciples.

[4]  Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

[5]  Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these people may eat?"

[ five loaves and 2 fish ]

[ Is this a second multitude? ]

only use of 'was coming' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 33.

[1]  And Jacob lifted up his eyes and (     ) looked 1-2, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him2.  / So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

[8]  One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

[ 'one' 'brother' 'said' ] [ + lad feeding ]

[9]  'There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish; / but what are they among so many?'

review: 'them' as things/objects:

them1 = jars  6   
them2 = the scriptures
them3 = the loaves (also the fish?)   5 / 2   lad feeding
them4 = the loaves (also the fish?)   5 / 2  
them5 = the words of God (also 'he is of God')?
them6 = 'works of my (Jesus') Father'
them7 = Jesus' sayings
them8 = 'disciples' feet'
them9 = 'these things'
them10 = (Jesus') 'my commandments'
them11 = 'your hearts'
them12 = 'these things' ('said') when the hour comes
them13 = 'many things' ('say')  you cannot bear them now
them13= 'the words' given to Jesus
them14= (net) large fish    153  ('right side')

them15= 'many other things which Jesus did'

7.20:  The people answered (       ), ‘You have a demon!  / Who is seeking to kill you?’

see v 1.49, 51

the Jews and Jesus

'you have a demon' as first / seeking to kill re: 2nd 'you'

separation

Jesus as a Jew to the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well and Joseph's field (J 4.5-6):   

John 4.[22] You worship what you2 do not know; / we worship what we2 know, for salvation is from the Jews.

7.46:  The officers answered, ‘No man ever spoke like this man2!’

'spoke' and 'Israel':  

Isaiah 40.  

[ Isaiah chapter 40.3 first direct HB reference in the gospel of John ]

from the chapter:

[27] 

Why do you say, O Jacob,

and (     )2 speak, O Israel,

/ "My way is hid from the LORD,

and my right is disregarded by my God"?

40:27
ֵמ ְיה ָוה

ִנ ְס ְתּ ָרה ִי ְשׂ ָר ֵאל וּ ְת ַד ֵבּר ַי ֲע ֹקב ת ֹא ַמר ָל ָמּה
l·me thamr ioqb u·thdbr ishral nsthre

to·what ? you-are-saying Jacob and·you-are-mspeaking Israel she-is-concealed way-of·me

: ַי ֲעב ר ִמ ְשׁ ָפּ ִטי וּ ֵמ ֱא ַהי

m·ieue u·m·ale·i mshpht·i iobur :
from·Yahweh and·from·Elohim-of·me judgment-of·me he-is-being-passed-over

from scriptureforall.org / Hebrew

Isaiah 40.

[3]  A voice cries:

/ In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD,

make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

John 1.  [ John the Baptist ]

[23]  He said, 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord', as the prophet Isaiah said.

[ Isaiah: 'the way of the LORD', gospel of John and J Bp: 'the way of the Lord' ]

[ 1.23: 'make straight': 'the way of the LORD/Lord' is 'our God' ]

only use of 'crying' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 3.

[10] And the LORD said, 'What have you done?  / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.'

[ John the Baptist is questioned:  'Who are you? / Who are you? 2x J 1.19, 22: 'the voice of one' ] [ J Bp:  'I myself did not know him' / 'I myself did not know him' 2x J 1.31, 33 ]

'Who are you?' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 27.

[18]  So he went in to his father, and (     )2 said, 'My father'; / and he said, 'Here I am'; / who are you, my son?

[ Jacob as Esau ]  [ 'he'  'his father'  (     )2  'my father' ]  

[32]  His father Isaac said to him, 'Who are you?' / He answered (      )2, 'I am your son, your first-born, Esau.'                                                                                                                                                                           and

[ Esau ] [ 2 true statements:  in the gospel of John; the binding-rising use of 'and' as adjoiner at comma/punctuation breaks, ie.  'you, you', 'glory, glory'...] J 16.16-19

John 12.

[49] For I have not spoken on my own authority; / the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak.

[ pronoun 'me' as in 2 in 'the LORD' from the beginning and pronoun 'me' in (Jesus) ]

other 'who are you?' in the gospel of John:

John 8.

[25]  They said to him, "Who are you?"  / Jesus said to them, "Even what I have told you from the beginning."

[ separation in 'you' ]

John 21.

[12]  Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." /  Now none of his disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" / They knew it was the Lord.

[ bringing the second catch of fish from 'the right side'  in 'Simon Peter' (of heaven:  Isaiah 48.13) : first catch 'charcoal fire' and 'Peter' J 18.18, 21.9] 

[ second wine: water to wine, J 2  : from Cana 1 miracle, notes v 12: ‘'brothers’ = non-‘his disciples’: = ‘servants’2, ‘bridegroom1’, ‘steward of the feast’3? + 'his disciples' and 'his mother'' ] 

[ beloved disciple and mother at the cross: ''Woman, behold, your son!', 'Behold, your mother!'; J 19.26, 27 ]

[ time: early in formation" 'Come and have breakfast'  v 12a ]

John 8.

[31]  Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, 'If you continue in my word, you2 are truly my disciples,

[32]  and you3 will know the truth, and the truth2 will make you free.'

[ 3 in the singular one ]

[ rising 'and' second truth in 3rd ]:

John 16.

[16]  'A little while, and you will see me no more; / again a little while, and you will see me.'

[ separation at punctuation mark ]

[17]  Some of his disciples said to one another, 'What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you2 will see me ?; / and, 'because I go to the Father'?

[ adjoining 'and' at punctuation mark ]

v 17b: second fragment, 'I go to the Father' and then v 18b: 'we'

[18] They said, 'What does he mean by 'a little while'?  / We do not know what he means.'

[ split ]

[19]  Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; / so he said to them, 'Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while, and you2 will not see me, and again a little while, and you3 will see me'?

v 16:  'you will see me'

v 17:  'you2 will see me?'

v 19:  'you3 will see me?'

8.53:  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?  / And the prophets died!  / Who do you claim to be?’

separation

?  /  !  /  ?  

John 8.

[58]  Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am."

[56]  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; / he saw it and (     )2 was glad."  1-2

                            3

   1 / 2               1      2

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direct reference in the gospel of John to Isaiah 53 and 6:

referring to Isaiah 53.1:  

John 12.

[38]  / it was that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: / 

'Lord, who has believed our report,

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?'

[ 'arm of the Lord' revealed to 'Israel' ('spoken') ]

re: Isaiah 6.10: [ leaving out re: 'hearing' ]

[39]  Therefore they could not believe.  / For Isaiah again said,

[40]  'He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart,

lest they should see with their eyes2 and perceive with their heart2,

and turn for me to heal them2.'

John 12.

[41]  Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and (     )2 spoke of him3.   

                            (     )

                        +           +

John 5.

[46] If you believed Moses, you2 would believe me, for he wrote of me. 

[ 'LORD-Lord' ----------> 'Lord' ]

9.30:  The man answered, ‘Why this is a marvel!’  / You do not know where he comes from, and yet he2 opened my eyes.’

blind man made to see:

v 30b:  significance of second fragment [ , and second 'he': opened eyes to the 2nd]

only other 'opening of eyes' in the Bible RSV: a  

Hagar G 21.:  

[19]  Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; / and she went, and (      )2 filled the skin with water, and (     )3 gave the lad a drink.  2-3

only use of 'raised eyes' in the Bible is in Esau, Gen 33.5

significance of 'lad'

'skin' and 'jar'

Hagar and the blind man made to see (same sequence) in the opening of eyes:  'found', 'said' 4x

Hagar:  'the angel of the LORD'  Gen 16.7-11

blind man made to see:  'Lord' (Jesus): 

John 9.

[35]

Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him2 he3 said, "Do you believe in the Son of man?'

[ only 'him he' without separative comma/punctuation ]  2-3

[36]  He answered (     )2, "And who is he3, sir, that I may believe in him?" 

[37]  Jesus said to him, "You have seen him2, and it is he3 who speaks to you2."

[38]  He said, "Lord, I believe"; / and he worshiped him2.  

+ 2 Jesus 'said' : v 39: to 'blind man made to see' and v 41 to 'Pharisees near him' re: blindness, judgement and 'we'

Hagar:

Gen 16.

[7]  The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

[8]  And he said, 'Hagar, maid of Sar'ai, where have you come from and where are you2 going? / She said, 'I am fleeing from my mistress Sar'ai.'

[9]  The angel of the LORD said to her, 'Return to your mistress, and submit to her.'

[10] The angel of the LORD also said to her, 'I will so greatly multiply your descendants that they cannot be numbered for multitude.'

[ use of 'also' and 3rd ]

[11]  And the angel of the LORD said to her, 'Behold, you are with child, and (      )2 shall bear a son; / you shall call his name Ish'mael; / because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

11.36:  So the Jews said, ‘See how he loved him!2’

previous verse: ‘Jesus wept.’  

raising of Lazarus : Thomas the twin, the disciples, Mary, Martha, the Bethany community and 'many of the Jews from Jerusalem' 

John 11.

[44]  The dead man came out, his hands and (     ) feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth.  /  Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, and let him2 go.'

[ 'hands' and 'feet' and 'bandages' (harm); 'face' and 'wrapped' as gift ]

[ 'hands', 'feet-heel', 'face-head' and Esau and Jacob ]

sequences of 'weep/weeping/wept' in the gospel of John back to the book of Genesis RSV:

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1.           'weeping':  Jesus as gardener  (to Mary)      J 20.15

2.           'weeping': two angels in white (to Mary)       20.13

3.           'weeping/wept': looking into the tomb (cave)  (Mary)      20.11

              'sorrow' to 'joy'        16.20

4.           Jesus 'wept'          11.35

5.           Mary 'weeping', and the Jews (2nd fragment) 'weeping' (and Martha?)        11.31, 33

              < raising of Lazarus: head, hands and feet: reconciliation/spirit of vengeance >

              < Mary's anointing the Lord's-Jesus' feet with her hair, Jesus laying aside his garments' >     

6.           Brothers of Joseph ask for forgiveness and re: 'Israel' ('spoke')    G 50.17

7.            re: Egypt    50.3, 4

8.           Joseph fell on father's face ('Jacob-Israel') 2 fragments: 'wept over'+' and 'kissed'     50.1

              Joseph: 'Am I in the place of God?' 50.19,  + 'wept bitterly over' and 'first born' (Zech 12.10)

9.           Joseph weeps upon brothers       45.15

10.         Benjamin 'son of sorrow' and Joseph weep    ('son of the right hand' (father))      45.14

11.          Joseph binds the second born         'and he returned to them and (      )2 spoke to them2'  42.24

12.         father Jacob-Israel weeps for Joseph    37.35

13.         Esau and Jacob reunite and Esau initiates embrace, kiss, they wept (idea of mutuality and reconciliation) [ second pass-through ]    33.5

14.        Jacob gathers one flock of sheep ('they' (Rachel and Jacob) wept aloud') ('Rachel came with her father's sheep')     29.11

15.        Esau lifted up his voice and (     ) wept regarding lost blessing      27.38
16.        Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah / and to weep for her (Hagar?)      23.2

17.        Ishmael 'the child' lifted up his voice and (     ) wept.      21.16+  + Hagar    

John 11.

[3]  So the sisters sent to him, saying, 'Lord, he2 whom you love is ill.'

Gen 43.

[6]  Israel said, 'Why did you treat me so ill as to tell the man that you2 had another brother?'

[ 'the man' as Joseph and Gen 50.19: Joseph: 'Am I in the place of God?' ]

[ second born Benoni-Benjamin 'son of sorrow - son of the right hand' taken down to Joseph and first and second born feast G 43, second born Simeon bound, G 42. ]

[ 'Israel' bothered by 'another brother' ]

[7]  They replied, 'The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, 'Is your father still alive?'/ Have you another brother? / What we told him was in answer to these questions; / could we in any way know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?

[ bring 'your other brother down' referencing 'Benoni-Benjamin' 'son of sorrow' (of mother (travail))- 'son of the right hand' (of father) ('child' to 'son') born on the way to Bethlehem (mother Rachel dies) ]  [ yet on another level challenging Israel re: another brother, use of singular 'you" ]  

Gen 48.

[1]  After this Joseph was told, 'Behold, your father is ill'; / so he took with him2 his two sons, Manas'seh and E'phraim.

[ father Jacob-Israel blesses second born Ephraim; Joseph, 'a man' 'in the place of God' (50.19) advocates for first born Manasseh]

[8]  When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, 'Who are these?'

[9]  Joseph said to his father, 'They are my sons, whom God has given me here'.  / And he said, 'Bring them to me, I pray you, that I2 may bless them2.'

[10]  Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. /  So Joseph brought them near him; / and he kissed them and (     )2 embraced them2.  1-2

12.13:  So they took branches of palm trees and (      )2 went out to meet him 1-2, crying, ‘Hosanna!  Blessed is he2 who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel!

only use of 'crying' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 4.

[10]  And the LORD said, 'What have you done? / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.'

two uses of 'voice' in the book of Genesis, RSV:
Gen 21c:

'the child lifted up his voice and (     ) wept.'  [ Ishmael ]*

Gen 27.38c:

'And Esau lifted up his voice and (      ) wept.'

'Tamar' mother of Perez and Zerah, sequence of first born Zerah's hand and scarlet thread, second born Perez ('breach') as first, first born Zerah ('dawning of light') as second.

'Tamar' meaning in abarim:  

From the noun תמר (tamar), palm tree.

other 'crying' in the gospel of John RSV:

John 1.  [ John the Baptist ]

[23]  He said, 'I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord', as the prophet Isaiah said.

Gen 18.

[19]  No, for I have chosen him, that he2 may charge his children and his household after him3 to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; / so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him2.'

John 12.                                                                     

[15]  'Fear not, daughter of Zion;               

/ behold, your king is coming,

sitting on an ass' colt!'

[ differing views on 'king'  ]     /\    \/

HB citation:

Zechariah 9.

[9]  Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!

/ Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!

/ Lo, your king comes to you:

/ triumphant and victorious is he,

humble and riding on an ass,

on a colt the foal of an ass.

[ 'fear not' vs. 'rejoice greatly' , no 'triumphant and victorious']

[ no 'daughter of Jerusalem!' ]

only 'is coming' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 29.

[6]  He said to them, 'Is it well with him2?'  / They said, 'It is well; / and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!'

Gen 32.

[6]  And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, 'We came to your brother Esau, and he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men with him2'.

'Fear not' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 15.

[1]  After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, 'Fear not, Abram2, I am your shield; / your reward shall be very great.'

[ slave to son ]

Gen 21.

[17]  And God heard the voice of the lad; / and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and (      ) said to her, 'What troubles you, Hagar? / Fear not; / for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

[ Ishmael ]

[ Hagar and 'lad' ] [ some translations: 'the voice of the lad (heard) where he is' through Hagar's lifting up voice and weeping ]

Gen 26.

[14]  And the LORD appeared to him the same night and (     )2 said, 'I am the God of Abraham your father; 1-2 / fear not, for I am with you and (     ) will bless you2 and multiply your descendants for my servant Abraham's sake.'  

[ to Isaac : father of Esau and Jacob ]

Gen 35.

[17]  And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her2, 'Fear not; / for now you will have another son.'

[ to Rachel re: Benoni-Benjamin : Rachel dies on the way to Bethlehem ]

[ 'son of sorrow" to 'son of the right hand" of Jacob brings 'another son/brother" ]

Gen 50.

[19]  But Joseph said to them, 'Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

[ Joseph to his brothers ]

[ 1 of multiple uses of 'fear not' in the book of Isaiah RSV: ]

Isaiah 44.

[2]   Thus says the LORD who made you,

(      ) who formed you2 from the womb and will help you3:    2-3 in (     )

/ Fear not, O Jacob my servant,

Jeshu'run whom I have chosen.

The name Jeshurun comes from ישר (yasar) meaning to be level, straight, upright:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary

ישר  אשר

Verb ישר (yashar) means to be straight or level. Adjective ישר (yashar) means right or upright. Nouns ישר (yosher), ישרה (yeshara) and מישר (meshar) mean uprightness or straightness. Noun מישור (mishor) describes a level place or plain.

Verb אשר ('ashar) covers a decisive progression or a setting right, and is often applied to describe happiness and prosperity. This is not due to a curious coincidence but to the obvious correlation of righteousness and efficiency. Righteousness in the Biblical sense describes a solid grasp of natural law, which leads to high levels of technology, social liquidity and thus peace and prosperity.

Nouns אשר ('esher), אשר ('ashar) and אשר ('osher) mean happiness or blessedness. Nouns אשור (ashur) and אשר (ashur) mean a step, a walk or a going. 

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13.9:  Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!’

See ‘feet-heel’, ‘hand(s)’ and ‘head-face’ in relation to Jacob and Esau: 

Gen 33.10:  Jacob said, ‘No, I pray you, if I2 have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; / for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor have you received me.'

[ Jacob to Esau ]

[11]  Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you2, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I2 have enough.'  / Thus he urged him2, and he3 took it.'

[ 'I', 'I2', 'me' ]  = [ 'I am' ]  ?

John 4.

[10]  Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you2, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he2 would have given you living water.'

John 7.

[38]  He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, 'Out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.'

[ HB citations to J 7.38 RSV:  Isaiah 44.3, Isaiah 55.1, Isaiah 58.11 ]

from 4 Ezra 6. [ from 2 Esdras ]

[7]  And I answered and said, 'What will be the dividing of the times?  / Or when will the end of the first age and the beginning of the age that follows?'

[8]  He said to me, 'From Abraham to Isaac, because from him were born Jacob and Esau, for Jacob's hand held Esau's heel from the beginning.

[9]  For Esau is the end of this age, and Jacob is the beginning of the age that follows.

[10]  For the beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel; / between the heel and the hand seek for nothing else, Ezra!'

[ retaliation-rift to reconciliation ]

[ 'beginning' = life,  'end' = death ]

[ death = 'heel', life = 'hand' ]

[ 'right hand of heaven' Isa 48.13; 'the Father had given all things into his hands' (J 13.3); 'hand' in the RSV:  Jacob's gift, hand with scarlet thread, hand --> hand ]

2 Esdras is an apocalyptic book in some English versions of the Bible.  Tradition ascribes it to Ezra, a scribe and priest of the 5th c BCE, but scholarship places its composition between 70 and 218 CE.

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16.29:  His disciples said, ‘Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!

speaking plainly of the Father

[25]  'I have said this to you in figures; / the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you2 plainly of the Father.

[26]  In that day you will ask in my name; / and I do not say to you that I2 shall pray the Father for you2;

[27]  / for the Father himself loves you, because you2 have loved me and (      )3 have believed that I came from the Father2.  2-3

[ loved the 'me' as 2 (in 'the LORD/Lord') from the beginning), believed 3rd ( you ) (from heaven) 'as the 'Lord' sent from Father ]

[28]  I came from the Father and (      )2 have come into the world; / again, I am leaving the world and (      )2 going to the Father.'  

18.40:  They cried out again, ‘Not this man, but Barabbas!  / Now Barabbas was a robber.

The name Barabbas is a Greek transliteration of a Chaldean or Aramaic name. It consists of two elements:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary

בר

The Aramaic noun בר (bar) is cognate with the Hebrew noun בן (ben) and both mean "one of," i.e. one of a certain house, one of a certain profession, one of a certain country, and so on. These nouns are also the regular words for "son."

The second part of the name Barabbas comes from the Semitic word אב ('ab), basically meaning father:

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אב

The noun אב ('ab) means father, but describes primarily a social relationship rather than a biological one. That social fatherhood was the defining quality of the community's alpha male, the one around whom all economy revolved and from whom emanated all instructions by which the 'sons' (בן, ben) operated. It's unclear where this word אב ('ab) comes from but the verb abu means to decide.

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19.3:   ; they came up to him, saying, ‘Hail, King of the Jews! and (      )2 struck him2 with their hands. 

John 18.33: 'King of the Jews?', 18.39: 'King of the Jews?'

struck the second with their hands

19.5:  So Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. 2-3  / Pilate said, ‘Here is the man!’

'came out' in Tamar's 'Perez' and 'Zerah' and the scarlet thread and hand first G 38

[ 'this ( one ) came out first v 28; 'his brother came out' v 29; 'his brother came out' v 30 ]

[ Jesus and 'hand(s)': John 3.[35]  the Father loves the Son, and (     ) has given all things into his hand. + John 13.3 ] 

'came out' and the raising of Lazarus J 11

'came out' and Joseph's feast G 43

19.6:  When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, ‘Crucify him2, crucify him!3’  / Pilate said to them, ‘Take him yourselves and crucify him2 1-2, for I find no crime in him3.

19.14:  Now it was the day of Preparation of the Passover; / it was about the sixth hour.  / He said to the Jews, ‘Here is your King!’

Pilate said to the Jews

19.15:  They cried out, ‘Away with him, away with him2, crucify him!3’  / Pilate said to them, ‘Shall I crucify your King?  / The chief priests answered, ‘We have no king but Caesar.'

the third ‘him’ is ‘he’:  'Jesus Christ', 'the Son', 'the only Son', 'the Son of God', 'the Messiah', 'the Lord', 'the Lamb of God', 'the Son of man', 'prophet', 'Teacher', 'Rabbi', 'King of Israel', 'the Savior of the world'...

'sixth hour' = 'noon', 'high day' : RSV

'sixth hour' and Jesus sitting down beside Jacob's well J 4.6

'sixth hour' and 'the day of Preparation of the Passover' J 19.14:  ( 'Here is your King!' (Jesus))

The LORD appeared to him (Abraham) as he2 sat at the door his tent at the heat of the day (LORD as three men) G 18.1

'high day...not time for the animals to be gathered' (three flocks) G 29.7 

'noon' at Joseph's feast  G 43.16, 25

'tenth hour':

John 1.

[39]  He said to them, 'Come and see'.  / They came and (     )2 saw where he was staying; / and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.'

[ Jesus to the unnamed disciple and Andrew ]

'Come and see' sequences in the gospel of John:

1.  Jesus to unnamed disciple and Andrew. [ responding to J Bp 'Lamb of God!' calling (Jesus) 'Rabbi' ]

2.  Philip to Nathanael:  [ (Jesus) as 'Jesus of Nazareth, son of Joseph' ]

3.  Samaritan woman to her people: [ in the form of 'Come, see' in the RSV : 'can this be the Christ?' ]

4.  Mary and the Jews to Jesus: [ Lazarus raising: calling Jesus 'Lord' ]

many 'the hour is coming' in the gospel of John, RSV:

19.26:  When Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing near, he2 said to his mother2, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’

19.27:  Then he said to the disciple, ‘Behold, your mother!  / And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

Markan Priority:  Mark > Matthew > Luke > John:

[ Review of Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and final word on the cross ]

[28]

After this Jesus, knowing that all was now finished 2nd f, said (to fulfil the scripture), "I thirst."

[29] A bowl full of vinegar stood there; / so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop and (      )2 held it to his mouth.       v 29b:    1-2

[30] When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished"; / and he bowed his head and (      )2 gave up his spirit.          v 30b:   1-2

John 19.

[18]  There they crucified him, and with him2 two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them2.

                                                                   (Jesus)

                                                                        +

                                                                +             +

                                                            him            him

                                                           they           them

'                                                          one              one         [ must be 2 ]

'two others': so 3.  

Note:  2023:  often ego perspective of one dimension.  Rarely: what it would look like to surrender (temporarily) one's ego perspective, enter into others' perspectives and discuss/work towards higher synergistic creation/effort.  [ new creation-cooperation over imperialistic victories : current forms: divide and no 'result' ] 

[ Gospel of Mary: 'the mind that is between the two'  5.11 ]

                              

20.16:  Jesus said to her, 'Mary'.  /  She turned and (     )2 said to him in Hebrew 1-2, 'Rab-bo'ni!' (which  means Teacher).

 angel 1  [ 'where the body of Jesus had lain' ] angel 2 

Mary

Jesus as gardener / Rab-bo'ni! 

Jesus:  'before Abraham was, I am' J 8.58

'two angels in white'  

'fields white for harvest'  J 4.35

'field'   'ground'    'plants'    'thorns' -------------------> 'myrtle tree'     

o-------o---o-----o-------o-----o-----o-----o-----o----o---o

'field' in the book of Genesis RSV:

 

other 'field' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 30.14, 16; Gen 31.4; Gen 34.5, 7, 28; Gen 37.7, 15; Gen 39.5; Gen 41.48; Gen 47.20, 24; Gen 49.29, 30, 32; Gen 50.13

Gospel of Mary, ch 5:
7) Mary answered and said, What is hidden from you I will proclaim to you.
8) And she began to speak to them these words: I, she said, I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to Him, Lord I saw you today in a vision. He answered and said to me,
9) Blessed are you that you did not waver at the sight of Me. For where the mind is there is the treasure.
10) I said to Him, Lord, how does he who sees the vision see it, through the soul or through the spirit?
11) The Savior answered and said, He does not see through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind that is between the two that is what sees the vision and it is [...]  
(pages 11 - 14 are missing from the manuscript)   

[ two angels at either side : one at the head and one at the feet J 20, Jesus sacrificed between two others J 19]

4 Ezra 16.

[32]  And the earth shall be left desolate, and its fields shall be for briers, and its roads and all its paths shall bring forth thorns, because no sheep will go along them.

[77]  Woe to those who are choked by their sins and overwhelmed by their iniquities, as a field is choked2 with underbrush and its path overwhelmed with thorns, so that no one can pass through!

Zech 1.

[10]  So the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered, 'These are they whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.'

[11]  And they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, 'We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth remains at rest.'

Gen 3.

[ 'LORD God' to Adam ]

[17]  And to Adam he said, 'Because you have listened to the voice of your wife,

and (     )2 have eaten of the tree

of which I commanded you3,  2-3

'You shall not eat of it',

cursed is the ground because of you2;

/ in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

[18] / thorns and thistles it shall bring forth

 to you;

/ and you shall eat the plants of the field.

20.28:  Thomas, answered him, ‘My Lord and my God!’

Thomas the Twin

John 14.  (to Thomas):

[6]  Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life; / no one comes to the Father, but by me.             

[ "the way" 1: the way of the LORD,  "the truth": re: the 2nd,  "the life" in 3rd ]

[ a singular "one" not but only by 2 in the third ]          

[7]  If you had known me, you2 would have known my Father also; / henceforth you know him and (     )2 have seen him2.'

21.7:  That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord!’  / When Simon Peter heard it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he2 was stripped for work, and (     )3 sprang into the sea.  

'Simon Peter', the second catch of fish on the right side and part of seven disciples:

[2] Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan'a-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb'edee, and two others of his disciples were together. 

Isaiah 48.  [ the God of Israel; / the LORD of hosts is his name. v 2 ] 

[12]  "Hearken to me, O Jacob,  

and Israel, whom I called!  

/ I am he, I am the first,                   

 and I am the last.                          

[13]  My hand laid the foundation of the earth, 

and my right hand spread out the heavens; 

/ when I call to them, 

they2 stand forth together.

some uses of 'into' in the gospel of John, RSV: (7 of 41 uses)  heaven \/

John 1.

[9] The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world.

[ v 4: 'life', 'and life' ]

John 3.

[17] For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

[35] / the Father loves the Son, and (      ) has given all things into his hand.

John 4.

[38] I sent you to reap that for which you2 did not labor; / others have labored, and you have entered into their labor."

John 11.

[27] She said to him, "Yes, Lord; / I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."

[52] and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

[ John 8.33, 37, 39:  'descendants of Abraham', 'descendants of Abraham', 'Abraham's children' ] +

John 21. (last use)

[7] That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" / When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he2 was stripped for work, and (      )3 sprang into the sea.

<  The Sea of Galilee, the Jordan River and the Dead Sea

                                   

example of 'into' in the book of Isaiah, RSV:

Isaiah 42.

('the LORD'):

[16] And I will lead the blind

in a way+ that they know not,  1-2        [ + see 'the way of the LORD'  (Gen 18.19, Isa 40.3, John 1.23) ]

in paths that they2 have not known

I2 will guide them3.   [ gathering the 2nd and 3rd ]

/ I will turn the darkness before them into light,

the rough places into level ground.

/ These are the things I will do,

and I2 will not forsake them.

'rough' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 42.

[7a]  Joseph saw his brothers, and (      ) knew them, but he2 treated them2 like strangers and (     )3 spoke roughly to them3.

speaking roughly to them (and the brother's re-telling) in Gen 42-44

'Peter' and 'Simon Peter' in the gospel of John: preliminary review

'Peter':  'Simon' is named 'Cephas (which means Peter)', 1.42; ''Philip' affiliated with 'Andrew and Peter' from Bethsaida, 1.44; 

declines Jesus’ offer 'washing of feet', ch 13;  told to put sword in sheath, ‘maid who kept the door' brought Peter and the disciple known to the high priest inside, Peter denies Jesus to the 'maid' and re: 'the garden’ to a servant of the high priest, ch 18; Peter and BD ran and BD reached tomb first ('Peter' never goes into 'tomb': BD and 'Simon Peter' do), MM later outside sees 'two angels in white'; ch 20; Peter 'said' to Jesus, 'Lord, what about 'this man'? which refers to the BD . 'Simon' 'tend my sheep' J 21.16; 'Peter' 'feed my sheep', J 21.17

'Simon Peter' as 'brother' 2x: 'one of two disciples' (1 BD?) - Andrew as 'brother of Simon Peter' (1.40); 2nd:  'Andrew, Simon Peter's brother' (re: lad five loaves and two fish feeding;) (6.8) / 

text: 'Simon Peter' in the gospel of John: (to Jesus) 'you have words of eternal life', 6.68; demand of 'washing my hands and my head!' in addition to feet, 13.9; re: 'speaking’ Simon Peter beckons BD+, 13.24; Jesus answering Simon Peter: 'Where I am going you cannot follow me now; but you shall follow ( me ) afterward.", 13.36;  'Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. As this disciple was known to the high priest, he (BD) entered the court of the high priest along with Jesus', 18.15; triad of Mary Magdalene ('she'), 'Simon Peter' and 'the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved' (BD) at the empty tomb, 'Simon Peter came, following him (BD), and (      )2 went into the tomb; he saw the linen cloths lying', (next verse: and the napkin rolled up in a place by itself), ch 20;  Simon Peter 'feed my lambs', J 21.15

complicated scripture: (example)

John 13.

[6]  He came to Simon Peter; / and Peter said to him, 'Lord, do you wash my feet?'

[7]  Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you2 will understand.'

[ "Afterward" : (A) ]

Gen 25.26: A, Jacob's hand takes Esau's heel

Gen 32.20:  A, I2 shall see his face (with the present that goes before me ) [ Jacob re: Esau ]

Gen 33.10: "accept my present "gift" (v 11) from my hand...with such favor you have received me )

[ 4 Ezra:  heel to hand ]

Gen 38.36:  A, his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand  (first born Zerah (dawning of light) with scarlet thread on hand)

John 5.14:  A,  Jesus found him in the temple (the blind man made to see:  him__(     )__him )

John 13.7: A, you2 will understand  (Peter)

John 13.36:  you shall follow ( me ) A (Simon Peter)

[8]  Peter said to him, 'You will never wash my feet.'  / Jesus answered him, 'If I do not wash you, you2 have no part in me.'

[10]  Jesus said to him, "He2 who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he3 is clean all over; / and you are clean, but not every one of you2.'

( v 10a statement: 1st, 2nd and feet [separated], 3rd and 'clean' )

John 15.

[3]  You are already made clean by the word which I have spoken to you2.

[ 'hand(s)', 'feet', 'head-face' and re: 'Israel' (Isaiah 40.27) ]

[4]  'Abide in me, and I in you.  / As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you2 abide in me.'

21.22:  Jesus said to him, ‘If it is my will that he2 remain until I come, what is that to you?  / Follow me!

Jesus to Peter: Peter calling him ‘Lord’

'he' re: the beloved disciple

in the book of Genesis RSV:

Gen 14.19:  

And he blessed him2 and (      )3 said,  1-2-3

'Blessed be Abram by God Most High,

maker of heaven and earth;      

/ and blessed be God Most High,

(      ) who has delivered your enemies into your hand!'

/ And Abram gave him a tenth of everything.    

[18]  And Mel-chiz'edek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; / he was priest of God Most High.

'bread and wine', flesh and blood

'bread' and 'water' and Abraham

John 6.

[63]  It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; / the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Mel-chiz'edek in abarim is translated as 'King of righteousness'

17.18:  And Abraham said to God, ‘O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!’

Gen 17.  1st 'No'

[17]  Then Abraham fell on his face and (     ) laughed 1-2, and (     )2 said to himself, 'Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? / Shall Sarah, (     ) who is ninety years old, bear a child?'

[18]   And Abraham said to God, ‘O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!’

[19]  God said, 'No, but Sarah your wife shall bear you a son, and you2 shall call his name Isaac.  / I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him2.'

[ father of Esau and Jacob ]

[ consideration of 'child' and 'son' in the RSV : the 'no' is in answering the question of v 17?  see v 20 \/ ]

[ for Gen 21:

[17]  And God heard the voice of the lad; / and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and (     ) said to her, 'What troubles you, Hagar? / Fear not; / for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.

[ and Gen 16:

[13]  So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, 'Thou art a God of seeing'; / for she said, 'Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?'

[ and from above Gen 17:

[20]  As for Ish'mael, I have heard you; / behold, I will bless him and make him2 fruitful and multiply him3 exceedingly; / he shall be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him2 a great nation.

other 'no' promise: 

After 'the LORD as three men' appear to Abraham \/:

Gen 18.  ('the LORD')

[17] The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, 

[18] seeing that Abraham2 shall become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by him?'

[19]  'No, for I have chosen him, that he2 may charge his children and his household after him3 to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice; / so that the LORD may bring to Abraham what he has promised him2.'

[ the Abrahamic yearning * ]

[ only use of 'the way of the LORD' in the book of Genesis, RSV ]

[ reading the Genesis narrative with a compassionate heart: urged to react to the outcast and seek integration ]

[ 'his children and his household' and 'descendants';  John 8.33, 37, 39: ('descendants of Abraham', 'descendants of Abraham', 'Abraham's children') ]

John 8.

[56]  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; / he saw it and (     )2 was glad.'

        of earth and of heaven(s)          he____(     )

[ 'household after him3' ] [ 'house' in the gospel of John RSV:  Bethany community ]

Gen 15. [ only uses of 'the word of the LORD' in the book of Genesis RSV: ]

[1]  After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, 'Fear not, Abram2, I am your shield; / your reward shall be very great.'

[2]  But Abram said, 'O Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Elie'zer of Damascus?'

[3]  And Abram said, 'Behold, thou hast given me no offspring; / and a slave born in my house will be my heir.'

[4]  And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, 'This man shall not be your heir; / your own son shall be your heir.'

[5]  And he brought him2 outside and (     )3 said, 'Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.'  / Then he said to him2, 'So shall your descendants be.'

[6]  And he believed the LORD; / and he reckoned it to him2 as righteousness.

Isaiah 46.

[3]  'Hearken to me, O house of Jacob,

all the remnant of the house of Israel,

who have been borne by me from your birth,

carried from the womb;

'womb' in the book of Genesis RSV:

division in twins Jacob and Esau, G 25.23, 24  [ Rebekah's womb ]

womb of Leah opened, G 29.31

Jacob to Rachel: 'am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?'  G 30.2

( "fruit' in Joseph and Benoni-Benjamin )

Rachel's womb is opened, G 30.22

Tamar's womb: Perez, Zerah and scarlet thread on hand, G 38.27

Israel blesses Joseph:  (in part \/)

[25]

('by the God of your father who will help you, 

by God Almighty who will bless you2

with blessings of heaven above, 2-3

blessings2 of the deep that couches beneath, 

blessings3 of the breasts and of the womb'), G 49

the book of Genesis can be read in a spirit of compassion for the outcast with an excitement for the folding in of the LORD/Lord:

*  Abrahamic yearning

Gen 17.

17.18:  And Abraham said to God, ‘O that Ishmael might live in thy sight!’

John 8.

[56]  Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; / he saw it and (      )2 was glad.' 1-2

(Jesus' day)

of earth and of heaven(s)          he____(     )

Abraham pleading to the LORD/Lord for leniency; Gen 18.23-33

Gen 4.

[10]  And the LORD said, 'What have you done?  / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

'voice' in Ishmael and Esau; Gen 21.16, 17 and 27.38

Gen 16.

[11]  And the angel of the LORD said to her, 'Behold, you are with child, and (      )2 shall bear a son; / you shall call his name Ish'mael; / because the LORD has given heed to your affliction.

[ 'the LORD' sees and acts on 'Hagar's affliction' through 'the angel of the LORD' ]

[13]  So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, 'Thou art a God of seeing'; /  for she said, 'Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?'

[ /\ first use of 'speak'/'spoke' in the book of Genesis RSV: 'speak' and 'Israel' in Isaiah 40.27 ]

[ 'the name of the LORD who spoke to her' was 'the angel of the LORD' ]

although first 'spoke' referring backward in Gen 24 to Gen 12:  Abraham to 'his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had'  gathering a wife for Isaac (g 24.2): [ a later text referring to a previous text ]

Gen 24.

[7]  The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, 'To your descendants I will give this land' , he will send his angel before you, and you2 shall take a wife for my son from there.

[ Abraham to the oldest servant re: 'your descendants' ]

Gen 12.

[7]  Then the LORD appeared to Abram, and (     ) said, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' / So he built there an altar to the LORD, (     )2 who had appeared to him3.'

( Abraham built an altar to 2nd LORD (of heaven) split)

18.25:  Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous2 fare as the wicked!2  / Far be that from thee!2  / Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?’

Abraham with the LORD/Lord calling for mercy

19.9:  But they said, ‘Stand back!’  / And they said, ‘This fellow came to sojourn, and he would play the judge!  / Now we will deal worse with you than with them.  / Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and (      )2 drew near to break the door.

men and Lot

saved by two angels : LORD as three men G 18:  LORD/Lord with Abraham G 18, two angels to Lot G 19

Gen 21.

[10]  So she said to Abraham,"Cast out this slave woman with her son; / for the son of this slave woman shall not be heir with my son Isaac.'  And the thing was very displeasing to Abraham on account of his son.

[ To Abraham: which son? ] \/

22.1: After these things God tested Abraham, and (      ) said to him2, ‘Abraham!2’  / And he said, ‘Here am I’

22.11:  But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and (      )2 said, Abraham, Abraham!2’  / And he said, ‘Here am I’                                       

[13]  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and (      ) looked, and behold, behind him2 was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; / And Abraham went and (      ) took the ram 1-2, and (      )2 offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

'ram' /  'ram'   'it'     (g J: 'raise it up at the last day') 

Knowing by hearing:  lifted up his eyes and behind him was a ram (did Abraham lift up his eyes and make a circle or did he hear and turn?)

Mary and Jesus as gardener and the two angels in white, John 20 ('turned round' 20.14, Mary's name is called, 'turned' 20.16) 

hear and faith

some 'looked' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 18.

[2]  He lifted up his eyes and (      )2 looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him3.  / When he saw them, he2 ran from the tent door to meet them2, and (      )3 bowed himself to the earth,

[ Abraham and the LORD as three men ]

[ 'Let a little water be brought, and wash your feet2, and rest under the tree3, while I fetch a morsel of bread' , v 4-5a ]

[ behind him a ram / a ram it, G 22

in front LORD as three men, G 18 ]

[ Mary J 20: behind herJesus as gardener, Rabon-ni, Lord; in front of her two angels in white. and place where body of Jesus had lain]

a ram / a ram it                         Abraham  >                                 LORD as three men

Jesus as gardener                    Mary Magdalene >                   two angels in white and the risen Lord: one at head, one at feet

[ feet-heel  to head-face ]

Gen 22. 

[13]  And Abraham lifted up his eyes and (      ) looked, and behold, behind him2 was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; / And Abraham went and (      ) took the ram 1-2, and (      )2 offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.

Gen 29.

[2]  As he looked, he2 saw a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheep lying beside it, for out of that well2 the flocks2 were watered.  / The stone on the well's mouth was large,  

[3]  and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone2 from the mouth2 of the well, and water the sheep, and put the stone3 back in its place upon the mouth3 of the well2.

[ Jacob at well : "not time for the animals to be gathered together' 29.7 ] [ Lazarus and Jesus and the stone taken away from the tomb, J 11, J 20 ]

John 11.

[41]  So they took away the stone. / And Jesus lifted up his eyes and (     ) said, 'Father, I thank thee that thou2 hast heard me.'

John 20.

[1]  Now on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and (     ) saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

Gen 33.

[1]  And Jacob lifted up his eyes and (      ) looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him2.  / So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

[ Jacob's first naming to 'Israel', G 32.28 ]

Gen 43. (feast at Joseph's)

[33]  And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; 2-3 / and the men looked at one another in amazement.

[31]  Then he washed his face and (     )2 came out 1-2, and controlling himself he3 said, 'Let food be served.'

[32]  They served him by himself, and them2 by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him2 by themselves2, because the Egyptians2 might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians3. 

[ ? ]

John 17.

[1]  When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and (     )2 said, 'Father, the hour has come; 2-3/ glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,

[2]  since thou2 has given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou3 has given him2.

only other use of 'to heaven' in the book of Genesis and the gospel of John RSV: \/

Gen 28. (Jacob)

[12]  And he dreamed there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; / and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!

27.34:  When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and (     )2 said to his father2, ‘Bless me, even me also, O my father!'

'my father' : 2 'me': 'me' in 'the LORD', 'me' in (Jesus)

'his father', 'his father', 'O my father!'

1.  Esau heard the words of his father (singular in Isaac: blessing given to Jacob)

2.  he 'cried out' (in John 19.6, 12, 15: 'the chief priests and the officers', 'the Jews', 'they' 'cried out' against Jesus: ('Jews' as a subset against the Jewish Jesus))

3.  (     )2 'said' to 'his father' as 2nd: 'bless me, even me also, O my father! (in the 'my Father' ('the LORD') and in (Jesus))

Esau striving: the text remains

Isaiah 41.

[4] Who has performed and done this,

calling the generations from the beginning?

/ I, the LORD, the first,

and (  I2  ) with the last; / I am He.

John 1.

[2]  He was in the beginning with God;

[3]  / all things were made through him, and without him2 was not anything made2 that was made3.

[4]  In him was life, and the life2 was the light of men.

[ Jesus 'I am he' ; gospel of John ]

Isaiah 48.

[15]  I, even I2, have spoken and called him,

I have brought him2, and he3 will prosper in his way.

[16] Draw near to me, hear this:

/ from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,

from the time it came to be I2 have been there."

/ And now the Lord GOD has sent me and his Spirit.

[ in the pronoun 'me' and 'his Spirit' are 2 ]

[ only use of 'the Lord GOD' in the book of Genesis is connected with 'the word of the LORD', Gen 15.1-6 ]

[ 'his way' :  Gen 18.[33]  And the LORD went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; / and Abraham returned to his place.' (after Abraham's plea for mercy)

John 15.

[26] But when the Counselor comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, (     ) who proceeds from the Father2, he2 will bear witness to me; 

[27] / and you also are witnesses, because you2 have been with me from the beginning. 

Last HB citation in the gospel of John, RSV:

Zech 12. ('the LORD')

[10]  'And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of compassion and supplication, so that, when they look on him whom they2 have pierced, they3 shall mourn for him2, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him3, as one weeps over a first-born.

1-   'him whom they1-2 have pierced'

2-  'they3 shall mourn for him2'  ( 'an only child' / 'son' ) and

3-  'weep bitterly' (bitter cry from Esau G 27.34) 'over' him3 ('over': Hagar and Ishmael G 21.16) as a 'first-born

'Zechariah":  father of J Bp

'Joseph":  father of Jesus

Gen 22.  [ 'the angel of the LORD' ]

[12]  He said, 'Do not lay your hand on the lad  or do anything to him 1-2; / for now I know that you fear God, seeing you2 have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.'

                                           and

[ 'only son' is Isaac ]

John 1.

[14]  And the Word became flesh and (     ) dwelt among us 1-2, full of grace and truth; / we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.     

[ 'from the time it came to be I2 have been there.'  Isaiah 48.16 ] /\

[18]  No one has ever seen God; / the only Son, (      ) who is in the bosom of the Father, he2 has made him3 known.

[ Son reveals the Father and the Father reveals the Son ]

John 3.

[16]  For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him2 should not perish but have eternal life.

[18]  He who believes in him2 is not condemned; / he who does not believe is condemned already, because he2 has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

['only Son' use only in the gospel of John among the four gospel set ] [ as is 'Lamb of God' ]

Gen 23.

[2]  And Sarah died at Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; / and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah / and to weep for her.'

[ possibility that Abraham 'to weep for her' is for Hagar in the spirit of his 'Oh, that Ishmael might live in thy sight!':  I know that there are errors in some of these connections ]

previous form of 'to weep' in 'wept' RSV:

Gen 21.  [ Ishmael ]

[16]  Then she went, and (     )2 sat down over against him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; / for she said, 'Let me not look upon the death of the child.'  / And as she sat over against him, the child lifted up his voice and (     )2 wept.

from scriptureforall.org:  Gen 21.16b-17a:

א u·thsha and·she-is-lifting אֶ ת ath » ־ - קֹ לָ הּ ql·e voice-of·her וַתֵּ בְ ךְּ u·thbk and·she-is-weeping : : וַיִּ שְׁ מַ ע 17:21 u·ishmo and·he-is-hearing אֱ&הִ ים aleim Elohim אֶ ת ath » ־ - ק#ל qul voice-of הַ נַּעַ ר e·nor the·lad

[ Hebrew translation has Hagar lifting voice and weeping; yet God hears the voice of the lad where [ he is ]  ? ]

[ gospel of John and 'Spirit' RSV ] [ God hears the voice of 'the lad' through her voice and weeping ]

Gen 23.2b:  'and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah (only son Isaac) and to weep for her (first-born)

form of 'weep' in 'wept' that follows 23.2: 

Gen 27.

[38]   Esau said to his father, 'Have you but one blessing, my father?  / Bless me, even me also, O my father.'  / And Esau lifted up his voice and (     ) wept.

[ for G 21.16c: (     ) = 'he',, 'she' or 'they' 

and 27.38c:  (      ) = 'he' (Esau), "he" (father) or 'they'? ] [ second pass-through? ]

'Jesus wept", John 11.35. [ in Jesus is 3 ]

previous ''her' to Gen 23.2b:

Gen 21.

[10]  Sarai casts out Hagar with her son [Ishmael]

[14]  Abraham gives Hagar provision [bread and a skin of water] and sent her away into the wilderness

text v 14a:  'So Abraham rose early in the morning, and (     ) took bread and a skin of water, and (     )2 gave it to Hagar2-3, putting it2 on her shoulder, along with the child, and (     )3 sent her away.

[ does Abraham have knowledge of what follows? \/ ]

[17]  the angel of God says to her 'God has heard the voice of the lad2 where he is.'

last 'her' before 'and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her': 

[19]  Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; / and she went, and (     )2 filled the skin with water, and (     )3 gave the lad a drink.

28.12:  And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; / and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it!’

Jacob’s dream

John 1.51:  And he said to him2, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, you2 will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.’

[ (Jesus) to Nathanael ]

uses of 'angel(s) of God' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

1. angel of God called to Hagar from Heaven (G 21)    
2. Jacob has a dream: and angels of God ascending and descending : heaven to earth (G 28)               *********
3. angel of God said to Jacob in a dream: to return to the land of his fathers and his kindred (G 31)  
4. angels of God met Jacob after first naming to Israel and prior to meeting with Esau.  (G 32)  
   

I__ I.       heaven

I __I

I __I       re: 'it'      

I__I  

I     I         earth.                    'Son of man'

section on 'it' and the gospel of John RSV

28.17:  And he was afraid, and (      )2 said, ‘How awesome is this place!  / This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.’

Jacob given covenant v 13-14

Beersheba to Haran

Bethel (‘house of God’), named ‘Luz’ ‘at the first’ (‘departed’)  v 19

29.6:  He said to them, ‘Is it well with him2?’ / They said, ‘It is well; / and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!’

Rachel: secondary roles of sons Joseph and Benjamin in the book of Genesis

birth of Benoni-Benjamin (named ‘son of sorrow' by mother / 'son of the right hand’ by father Jacob)

mother Rachel ('travail', 'womb', 'hard' labor) dies on the way to Ephrath-Bethlehem in birthing Benjamin

Gen 30.[2] Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, 'Am I in the place of God, (     )2 who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?'

Gen 50.  (Joseph to brothers)

[19]  But Joseph said to them, 'Fear not, for am I in the place of God?

John 4.  (Jesus) 'salvation is from the Jews' to Samaritans J 4.22

Joseph's field, J 4.5

Jacob's well, J 4.6   Jesus sat beside the well

Gen 29.  [ Jacob ]

[2a]  As he looked, he2 saw a well in the field, and lo, three flocks of sheep lying beside it; / for out of that well the flocks were watered.

the water from Jacob's well vs Jesus' water:   [ 'water' to 'wine' and 'six stone jars' and 'scripture' J 2 : one versus three flocks G 29, J 4]

John 4.

[10]  Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you2, 'Give me a drink', you would have asked him, and he2 would have given you living water.'

[13]  Jesus said to her, "Every one who drinks of this water will thirst again,  < [ Jacob's well ]

[14]  but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; / the water that I shall give him will become in him2 a spring of water welling up to eternal life."  

v 14 /\:  him2 and 'a spring of water': Gen 16.

[7]  The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.   [ Hagar ]

The name Shur comes from the verb שור (shur), meaning to be raised:

Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary

שור

The verb שור (shur) means to excite or be raised. Noun שור (shor) means ox or bull. Noun שור (shur) describes a wall and שורר (shorer) a man on it: a watcher. Noun שורה (shura), denotes a row of vines or olives. Noun תשורה (teshura) means gift.

from abarim-publications.com /\

30.1:  When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she2 envied her sister; / and she said to Jacob, ‘Give me children, or I shall die!’

Gen 43.

[6]  Israel said, 'Why did you treat me so ill as to tell the man that you2 had another brother?'

[ father Israel to his sons representing 'Israel' to the man 'in place of God' brother Joseph ]

Gen 48.

[1]  After this Joseph was told, 'Behold, your father is ill'; / so he took with him2 his two sons, Manas'seh and E'phraim.

[ Joseph advocates for first born Manasseh and father makes a cross with his hands ]

Gen 44.

[22]  We said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father2, his father3 would die.'

[ lad to the 2-3 ]

[ 'lad' = 'son of sorrow' -> 'son of the right hand' Benjamin, Ishmael (Isaac), Joseph]

[ brothers to Joseph ]

Gen 48.

[2]  And it was told to Jacob, 'Your son Joseph has come to you'; / then Israel summoned his strength, and (     ) sat up in bed.

[ 'Israel':  'Jacob' and 'Joseph' ]

[ Israel's blessing to Joseph ]

[15]  And he blessed Joseph, and (     )2 said, 'The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God2 who has led me all my life long to this day,

[16]  the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;

/ and in them let my name be perpetuated, and the name of my

fathers Abraham and Isaac;

/ and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.'

[ criticalness of 'Rachel' and 'lad' in the book of Genesis RSV ]

[ 'Israel':  he____(     )2 ]

30.22*:  Then God remembered Rachel, and God2 hearkened to her and (      ) opened her womb.’ 2-3

Uses of various combinations of 3 in the book of  Genesis, here:. God___God2___(     )

[ birth of 'another son' in Joseph 'in the place of God' Gen 50.19 / and in time "son of sorrow' -->  "son of right hand'  G 35 ]

and as in 'angel of God' to Hagar: 'God heard the voice of the lad' /  'God has heard the voice of the lad where he is'' , G 21.17

and as father 'Israel' blessing to Joseph, G 48.15:  'The God before whom my fathers Abraham walked, the God who has led me...the angel who has redeemed me, bless the lads.]  

Jesus: 'I am he' in g J

'He was in the beginning with God; /

all things were made through him, and without him2 was not anything made2 that was made3.   J 1.2, 3

30.23:  She conceived and (      )2 bore a son, and (      )3 said, ‘God has taken away my reproach;

30.24: / and she called his name Joseph, saying, ‘May the LORD add to me another son!’

who is to be Benoni-Benjamin ('son of sorrow' --> 'son of the right hand')

( in Joseph, 'a man" 'in the place of God' 50.19 is 'another son' as he advocates for first born to father Israel G 48 )

(Jesus)  --->  'man in the place of God "

                --->  'son of sorrow' --> 'son of right hand' (of Father, of Jacob)

heaven and earth

Gen 1.

[1]  In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Gen 19.

[24]  Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor'rah brimstone and fire from the LORD2 out of heaven.

John 1.

[1]  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word2 was with God, and the Word3 was God2.

[ 'he is' ] = 3 'Word' in God of earth and heavens in 'LORD' as three men' Gen 18.1-3 

sequences of Jacob departing from Esau:

1.  After blessing:      G 28                              Jacob flees Esau threat and gathers wives Leah and                                                                                                Rachel. (and maids Bilhah and Zilpah)

Jacob's years with Laban

2.  Jacob wrestles with 'a man', is named 'Israel' first time and is then met by Esau the next morning.  

G 32-33

G 32.24-28: wrestling and naming

G 33.  meets with Esau

Esau encourages Jacob to follow him to Seir, Jacob departs to Succoth/Shechem

Tragedy at Shechem

''Seir' in abarim:

The general root שער (s'r) appears to primarily express intense negative emotion or the experience of violence. Curiously, it also yields words that have to do with hair.

''Succoth' in abarim:

The root סכך (sakak) or שכך (sakak) speaks of the creation of a hedge of sorts from interwoven strands of sorts. It commonly describes how prickly branches interweave to create a defensive hedge to hide behind and to look intently out from. In a figurative sense it may describe any sort of protective thing that consists of many separate branches, and from which one looks out.

3.  Gen 35.[1]  God said to Jacob, 'Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; / and make there an altar to the God who appeared to you when you2 fled from your brother Esau.'

Jacob is named 'Israel' second time, v 10

Jacob is given covenant, v 11-12

[16]  Then they journeyed from Bethel'; / and when they were some distance from Ephrath, Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor.

[17]  And when she was in her hard labor, the midwife said to her, 'Fear not; / for now you will have another son.'

[ 30.24: 'another son!', 35.17: 'another son" in Benoni-Benjamin  ]

[ Jesus' 'love one another' ]

[ Rachel:  3rd time?  'hard labor' and 'travail': ]

[18]  And as her soul was departing (for she died), she2 called his name Ben-oni; / but his father called his name Benjamin.  

[19]  So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is Bethlehem),

[20] and Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave; 2-3 / it is the pillar of Rachel's tomb, which is there to this day.

Gen 35. 

[18]  And as her soul was departing (for she died), she2 called his name Ben-oni; / but his father called his name Benjamin.  

Gen 42.

[21]  Then they said to one another, 'In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we2 saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we3 would not listen; / therefore is this distress come upon us.'   

[ brothers re: Joseph or generally regarding 'our brother']

[ v 21a: when was this event in seeing the distress of his soul and not listening? ]

[ Joseph is first-born ]

[ Benoni-Benjamin is second born: 'son of sorrow-son of the right hand', of Rachel, of the father-Jacob, born on the way to Bethlehem, 'rock-stone" ]

32.1:  Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him; / and when Jacob saw them he said, ‘This is God’s army!’  / So he called the name of that place Mahanaim.

'him' / 'he' re: army / 'he'

'Jacob'  him'  /  'Jacob'  'he' /  'he'

prior to wrestling 32.24, name change to 'Israel' first time 32.28, then meeting with Esau 33.4

38.29:  But as he drew back* his hand, behold, his brother came out; / and she said, ‘What a breach you have made for yourself!’  / Therefore his name was called Perez.

38.30:  Afterward* his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand; / and his name was called Zerah.

'Perez' means 'breach', 'Zerah' 'dawning of light' per abarim-publications.com

'Tamar' means 'palm or palm tree' at abarim-publication.com

first and second born story (two 'twins in her womb' stories: first in mother Rebeka, Esau and Jacob G 25.24): 

first was second, second was first 

first 'Zerah' with 'a scarlet thread on his hand'  

[28]  And when she was in labor, one put out a hand;  / and the midwife took and (      ) bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, "This (      ) came out first."

*  (drew back):  

John 6. 

[65]  And he said, 'This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him2 by the Father.'

[66]  After this many of his disciples drew back and (     ) no longer went about with him.

John 18. [ Gethsemane ]

[6]  When he said to them, 'I am he', they2 drew back and (     )3 fell to the ground.

[ follow 'ground' in the book of Genesis RSV \/ ]

* (Afterward) and 'Simon Peter': 'Afterward, you shall follow ( me )'  John 13.36b  [ first born with scarlet thread  1 + 2 + 3] 

'afterward' in the book of Genesis RSV:

Gen 25.

[26a]  Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel;

[ Jacob ]

Gen 32.

[20b]  / For he thought, 'I may appease him2 with the present that goes before me', and afterwards I2 shall see his face; / perhaps he will accept me.'

in the next chapter:  

Gen 33.

[10]  Jacob said, 'No, I pray you, if I2 have found favor in your sight, then accept my present from my hand; / for truly to see your face is like seeing the face2 of God, with such favor have you received me.'  

some uses of ''ground' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Genesis 2.

[7] then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and (     ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; / and man became a living being.

('man'/'man': separation) (and in the midst (      ) 2nd) (Jesus: 'the breath of life' as center)

Genesis 4.

[10] And the LORD said, "What have you done? / The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground.

('you' singular / 'the voice of your brother': call) (to 'me': re: 2)

Genesis 33.

[3] He himself went on before them, bowing himself to the ground seven times, until he2 came near to his brother.

('he', 'he came near his brother') (Esau and Jacob: potential reconciliation after first naming 'Jacob' to 'Israel')  8th?

( both Esau and Jacob pass their groups to meet face to face; v 3 'he' is Esau and Jacob as possibility?)

[4]
But Esau ran to meet him, and (      ) embraced him2, and (      )2 fell on his neck and (      )3 kissed him3, and they wept.
(the text reads for (      ) as Esau: but in reconciliation could (      ) be Jacob just named 'Israel'? a mutuality in the 'LORD'?): 

(not a reversal of favor but mutuality and reconciliation)

Genesis 37.

[10] But when he told it to his father and to his brothers, his father2 rebuked him2, and (      )3* said to him3, "What is this dream that you have dreamed? / Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow ourselves to the ground before you?"  ('his father'2___(    )' 'Israel' to 'Joseph')  ('you' separation)

[ his brothers do bow/fall to the ground to Joseph G 43.26 but absent of 'I' 'Israel' (v 3) and 'mother' 'Rachel' ]

[ rebuking re: 2nd ]

Gen 43.

[26]  When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which they2 had with them3, and (    ) bowed down to him2 to the ground.

( bowing to 2nd him )

two other instances of 'ground' RSV in brothers and Joseph in the book of Genesis:  Gen 42.6 and 44.14:

Gen 42.[6]  Now Joseph was governor over the land; / he it was who sold to all the people of the land. / And Joseph's brothers came, and (     ) bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

Gen 44.[14]  When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there; / and they fell before him to the ground.

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<-------------------    'they2 drew back and (      )3 fell to the ground' (to beginning) v 6c  'I am he' 2nd

                                      --------------------->  'let these men go' (forward) v 8d  'I am he' 3rd

'I am he' 1st: 'Jesus of Nazareth'

Gen 25.

[24]  When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. (Rebekah)

Gen 38.

[27]  When the time of her delivery came, there were twins in her womb.  (Tamar)

‘came forth’:  Esau, Jacob, G 25.25-26; Jesus, J 8.42:

Gen 25.

[25]  The first came forth red, all his body like a hairy mantle; / so they called his name Esau.

[26a-b]  Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand had taken hold of Esau's heel; / so his name was called Jacob.

John 8.

[42]  Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and (      )2 came forth from God2; / I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.  

         :  earth          

         :  heavens

25 u·itza and·he-is-coming-forth הָ רִ אשׁן e·rashun the·first אַ דְ מנִ י admuni ruddy כֻּ לּ kl·u all-of·him כְּ אַ דֶּ רֶ ת k·adrth as·fur-robe-of שֵׂ עָ ר shor hair וַיִּ קְ רְ אוּ u·iqrau and·they-are-calling

 shm·u name-of·him עֵ שָׂ ו oshu Esau : : וְ אַ חֲ רֵ י

 26:25 u·achri and·after ־ - כֵ ן kn so יָצָ א itza he-came-forth אָ חִ יו achi·u brother-of·him וְ יָד u·id·u and·hand-of·him אֹ חֶ זֶת achzth holding בַּ עֲקֵ ב b·oqb in·heel-of עֵ שָׂ ו oshu Esau

א u·iqra and·he-is-calling שְׁ מ shm·u name-of·him יַעֲקֹ ב ioqb Jacob

from scriptureforall.org / Hebrew

Isaiah 57.

[15a]  For thus says the high and lofty One 

who inhabits eternity,   1-2

whose name is Holy;  

[16]  / For I will not contend for ever, 

nor will I2 always be angry; 

/ for from me proceeds the spirit, 

and I have made the breath of life.  

'proceed' in g John 15.26: 'the Spirit of truth'

complicated usages in the gospel of John (and book of Isaiah: 'Holy One of Israel',  'Mighty One of Jacob',...):

John 6.  

[68]  Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go?  / You have the words of eternal life;

[69]  / and we have believed, and (     )2 have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.'

John 8.

(Jesus)

[5]  Yet I do not seek my own glory; / there is One who seeks it and he will be the judge.

Isaiah 49.

[7] Thus says the LORD,
the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,    2-3

John 20.

[21]  Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you.  / As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.'

[22]  And when he had said this, he2 breathed on them, and (      )3 said to them2, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

Gen 2.

[7]  then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and (      ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; / and man became a living being.

'dust' of 'earth', (      ) of heaven

'then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and (     ) breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man2 became a living being.  

amazing sequence: given Tamar story:

first:  'This ( one ) came out first' v 28:  [ hand and scarlet thread ]  (Jesus) and significance of 'hand': 'right hand of heaven', Jacob's 'gift' to Esau from hand and 'the gift of God' in 'living water2' in 'a spring of water welling up to eternal life' J 4

Jesus as 'Son of God', 'Son', 'only Son' and 'King of Israel'. g J

considering 'Who are you?' 2x in J Bp and 'the voice of one' and in Jacob and in Esau ('Who are you?' in the book of Genesis RSV) and as 'came forth' in (Jesus), Esau and Jacob contained in (  I2  ) in J 8.42 

considering 'Perez' ('breach') and 'Zerah' ('dawning of light') in Tamar twin birth story.

1.   'Hand' and 'scarlet thread' first

2.  Jacob            ('Breach') ('Perez') 

3.  Esau               ('Dawning of Light') ('Zerah')   First born inclusion in (Jesus)

John 1.

[15]  (John bore witness to him, and (     )2 cried, 'This was he of whom I said, 'He2 who comes after me ranks before me, for he3 was before me.')

[30]  This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he2 was before me.'

(challenge in (Jesus) as 'a man')

[ complicated and controversial ]  [ working with the Word in this way ] [ not an elaboration but an integration of text ]

43.29:  And he lifted up his eyes, and (      )2 saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and (     )3 said, ‘Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? / God be gracious to you, my son!

he___(      )___(      )

you / you  'my son' (second fragment)                                  and

[ Joseph in the place of God, he___(     )2___(     )3., 'you/you' 'my son': 2 son of God in the Son of God ] [ ''son of sorrow' (mother Rachel) to ''son of the right hand' of the father Jacob ]

Gen 43.31-33: first and second born feast (Joseph)

[31]  Then he washed his face and (      )2 came out; 1-2 / and controlling himself he said, 'Let food be served.' 

[ 2 in Joseph ( he___(     )2 : earth and heaven, face, man in the place of God...) ]

[32] They served him by himself, and them2 by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him2 by themselves2, because the Egyptians2 might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians3.  

[33]  And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; 2-3  / and the men looked at one another in amazement.

[34] Portions were taken to them from Joseph's table,  but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs.  So they drank and (     )2 were merry with him. 

[ 'him' = Joseph or Benjamin? ]

These are complex texts in the RSV: please forgive my error

John 15.

[12]  'This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you2.'

Joseph 'in the place of God' (G 50.19) calling Benoni-Benjamin ('son of sorrow'-'son of the right hand') 'my son' G 43.29  [ and 'my slave' 2x  G 44.10, 17: 'he with whom it (Joseph's 'silver cup' from which he drinks and divines v 5) is found', 'the man in whose hand the cup was found' ]

'The Father' and 'the Son' (Jesus)'

Joseph's sons: first born Manasseh and second born Ephraim and father Israel's crossing of hands

'Jesus, son of Joseph' ('Jesus of Nazareth' ) J 1.45 and:

John 6.

[42]  They said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?  / How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven?'

Brothers                                    Joseph('in place of God " 50.19, "my son'  43.29)

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'Israel"                               Benjamin ('son of sorrow' to 'son of right hand") (Jesus) (Jacob's well)

                  hand, Perez (2nd born, "breach"), Zerah ("dawning of light')

                  Manasseh 1st born, E'phraim 2nd born, father Israel makes cross with hands blesses 2nd born, Joseph advocates for first born 

44.6:  When he overtook them, he2 spoke to them2 these words.

44.7:  They said to him, ‘Why does my lord speak such words as these?  / Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!’

Brothers to steward of Joseph's house

cup planted by Joseph: Jesus and ‘cup’  

John 18.

[11]  Jesus said to Peter, 'Put your sword into its sheath; / shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?'

44.17:  But he said, ’Far be it from me that I should do so!  / Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my slave; / but as for you, go up in peace to your father.

Joseph to brothers 

cup with Benjamin

only other 'far be it' in the book of Genesis RSV:

Gen 18.

[25] Far be it from thee to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! / Far be that from thee! / Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 

Abraham to the LORD pleading for mercy

sequence of 4 'far be it from':

1.  G 18.25:  the LORD ('thee') /  the LORD  ! ('thee')  / Judge of all the earth   

[ Abraham addresses ]

2.  G 44.7:  'your servants'  (brothers of Joseph to the steward of Joseph's house) (complicated text G 44.1-34 re: steward and Joseph, 'lord' and 'house', 'slave': steward speaks as Joseph G 44.4, 10?; brothers speak to steward as to Joseph G 44.7, 9?)

3.  G 44.17:  Joseph ''me'  'I'   to brothers

eldest servant to Abraham as messenger to Laban gathering Rebeka mother of Esau and Jacob 

Jacob in the place of God withholding the fruit of Rachel's womb

Joseph in the place of God to brothers

steward speaks to brothers as Joseph (vice versa)

Joseph's first and second born sons and blind father Israel 48.10: 

Gen 48.  Father Israel makes a cross with his hands [ reconciliation ]  Father Israel favors second born, Joseph advocates for first born.

[ painting: color of inside of Israel's garment held by first born Manasseh matches color of curtain (heaven); father's left hand on Manasseh first born, Manasseh showing two hands: left hand on inside of garment matching heaven ] [ fulfillment in time in Christ ]

French Manuscript Illumination, C1250.

Gen 48.

[1]

After this Joseph was told, 'Behold, your father is ill'; / so he took with him2 his two sons, Manas'seh and Ephraim.

[2]  And it was told to Jacob, 'Your son Joseph has come to you'; / then Israel summoned his strength, and (     ) sat up in bed.

[10] Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see.  / So Joseph brought them near him; / and he kissed them and (     )2 embraced them2.   1-2  

'dim with age so that he could not see':

'Isaac': re: 'blessing and Esau'  G 27.1  'Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see' 1-2-3

'Jacob-Israel':  Manasseh and Ephraim and the crossing of hands (first born inclusion) G 48.10

Jesus as 'son of Joseph ' in g John and the cross

Gen 27.

[1] When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he2 called Esau his older son, and (     )3 said to him, 'My son2':  / and he answered (     )2, 'Here I am.'

[ Esau answering his father Isaac ]

[18]  So he went in to his father, and (     )2 said, 'My father'; / and he said, 'Here am I; / who are you, my son?'

[ Jacob, father answering ]

Isaiah 58.

[9]  Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;

/ you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am.

/ If you take away from the midst of you2 the yoke,

the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 

[10]  if you3 pour yourself out for the hungry

and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,  1-2

then shall your light rise in the darkness

and your gloom be as the noonday.  1-2

Gen 31.

[11]  Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob', and I said, 'Here I am!'   

 Gen 37.

[13]  And Israel said to Joseph, 'Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? / Come, I will send you to them.'  / And he said to him2, 'Here I am.'

'"Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; 

/ you shall cry, and he will say, Here I am'.

Esau before lost blessing.   and he answered (     )2.   Here I am

to Isaac.:  "Isaac___he___he2___(     )3'

( call )

Isaac ('his father', (     )2 'My father') and Jacob's deception ('my son?');     and he said.  Here I am

to ("my son?')

( cry )

Jacob 'he goats' 3 (v 10) and 'return to the land of your birth' (v 13) ('Here I am!);  "me' 'Jacob'  and 'I"  said.  Here I am!

to the angel of God

( cry )

Joseph saying to his father Israel (Joseph sent to brothers)   And he said to him2.   Here I am

to Israel said / I will send you1 to them1

( cry )

Gen 30.  [ 1st verse with 'Joseph ' ]

[24]  / and she called his name Joseph, saying, 'May the LORD add to me another son!'

[ Rachel ]

[ in Joseph 'another son' is added ]

[ in 'son of sorrow ", 'Son of right hand"' in Benjamin ]  2-3

last three verses in the book of Genesis RSV:

Gen 50.

[24]  And Joseph said to his brothers, 'I am about to die; / but God will visit you, and bring you2 up out of this land to the land2 which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.'

[25]  Then Joseph took an oath of the sons of Israel, saying, 'God will visit you, and you2 shall carry up my bones from here.'

Possible help on the use of 2 'you':

Gen 37.

[2]  This is the history of the family of Jacob.

/ Joseph, being seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; / he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives; / and Joseph brought an ill report of them to their father.

[ 'ill report' re: his brothers or second set in 'the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah' ?]

[ were 'the sons of the maids' considered 'lad'(s)?; and Joseph's sons in Manasseh and Ephraim 'lads'? ]

[4]  But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers2, they hated him2, and (     )2 could not speak peacefully to him3.

Dan / Napthali

Gad / Asher + Joseph = 5

last verse in the book of Genesis RSV:

[26]  So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old; / and they embalmed him, and he2 was put in a coffin in Egypt.

[ see 'bone(s)' and 'him, and he' and 'him; / and he' in the RSV ]

'him,; and he' in the book of Genesis, RSV:

Gen 16.

[12]  He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against every man and every man's hand2 against him2; / and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.'

[ 'wild ass of a man' difficult label RSV : 'And he will be a wild man; / his hand will be against every man and every man's nand against him; / and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.'  (KJV) ]

[ division:  vengeance/rift to reconciliation needs 3rd 'him/he' ]  [ negative use of 'hand' ]

[ Ishmael ]

[ 2 'hand(s)': 3rd 'hand' in Jesus:  John 3.[35]  '/ the Father loves the Son, and (     ) has given all things into his hand.' ]

DIVISION: CAST OUT FIRST BORN

HAND AGAINST HAND

Gen 27.

[25]  Then he said, 'Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son's game and bless you.' / So he brought it to him2, and he3 ate; / and he brought him2 wine, and he3 drank.

[ Isaac eating Jacob-disguised-as-Esau's game ] 

[ 'it':  Jacob instructed by mother:  'two kids from flock' ]  [ Rebekah prepared the 'savory food' ]

[ 'it':   Esau instructed by father:  'hunt game' from 'field' ]  [Esau prepared the 'savory food' ]

[ blessing meal and 3rd: ] [ 'it' and 'wine' (John 2:  'water', 'water' to 'wine': six stone jars, scripture) ]

[27]  So he came near and (     )2 kissed him3; 1-2 / and he smelled the smell of his garments, and (     )2 blessed him3, and (      ) said, 'See, the smell2 of my son

is as the smell3 of a field which the LORD has blessed!'

[ 'house' and 'field' blessed in 3rd : not yet]

Isaac thought he ate "game from the field" caught and prepared by Esau but he ate two kids from the flock prepared by Rebekah 

[ and John 12.[3]  Mary took a pound of costly ointment and (     ) anointed the feet of Jesus and (     )2 wiped his feet with her hair; 1-2-3/ and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment

[ Mary's hair anointing the feet of 'Jesus' and 'Lord'  /\  \/ : John 11.[2]  It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair 1-2, whose brother Lazarus was ill. ]

DIVISION:  REUNIFICATION (FLESH AND WINE): JESUS 'EAT MY FLESH AND DRINK MY BLOOD' ('WORD SPOKEN': 'flesh is of no avail') ('speak' and 'Israel"; Isaiah  40.27)

GARMENT / HAIR ON HANDS FIRST DECEPTION:  SETTING ASIDE GARMENT, MARY WASHING FEET OF JESUS-LORD WITH HAIR, THE HOUSE AND FIELD BLESSED

IN ISAAC'S MIND HE IS BLESSING ESAU, 'FIELD'-'HOUSE' BLESSED, 1-2-3  ('HE'___(     )___'HIM')   HIS FATHER v 26

Gen 32.

[21]  So the present passed on before him; / and he himself lodged that night in the camp.

[ Jacob prior to meeting with Esau; prior to wrestling and being named Israel the first time ]

[ division ]

JACOB PREPARING FOR MEETING WITH ESAU:  AT MAHANAIM ('TWO CAMPS')

Gen 33.

[11]  Accept, I pray you, my gift that is brought to you2, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I2 have enough.' / Thus he urged him2, and he3 took it.'

[ Esau accepting Jacob's gift ]

[ Jacob-Israel's gift to Esau in 3rd ] [ 'me', 'I'' and 'I' ] 

[ deception:  Esau to Seir, Jacob to Shechem ]

DIVISION-REUNIFICATION: GIFT-PRESENT TO ESAU FROM HAND, SEPARATION AFTER: 

GIFT, RECONCILIATION, JACOB TO ESAU: 'SEEING YOUR FACE IS LIKE SEEING THE FACE2 OF GOD', ESAU LEADS TO 'SEIR' BUT JACOB CONTINUES TO 'SHECHEM'  SECOND DECEPTION

GIFT OF GOD IN JESUS: 'IT IS HE WHO SPEAKS TO YOu' J 4

Gen 39.

[4]  So Joseph found favor in his sight and (     ) attended him2, and he3 made him overseer of his house and (     ) put him in charge of all that he had.

JOSEPH : THE LORD WITH HIM AS SERVANT TO AN OFFICER OF PHARAOH 

Gen 45.

[1]  Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him; / and he cried, 'Make every one go out from me.' / So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

[ all went away as 'one' (singularity) ]

DIVISION IN 'JOSEPH': REVEALING HIMSELF TO HIS BROTHERS

TIME

Gen 48.

[10]  Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. / So Joseph brought them near him; / and he kissed them and (     )2 embraced them2. 

[ Israel blesses both sons ]

[ division: not yet ]

[17]  When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of E'phraim, it displeased him; / and he took his fathers hand, to remove it from E'phraim's head to Manas'seh's head.

[ Joseph advocates for first born Manas'seh ]

[ division: not yet ] [ his father's right hand on second born  / his father's (     ) hand on first born ]

DIVISION IN 'ISRAEL':  SONS OF JOSEPH

DIVISION IN 'JOSEPH': JOSEPH MAKES MOVEMENT TO HAVE ISRAEL'S (HIS FATHER'S) RIGHT HAND ON FIRST BORN 

JESUS AT RIGHT HAND OF FATHER

TIME

'him, and he' in the gospel of John, RSV:

John 4.
[10]  Jesus answered her, 'If you knew the gift of God, and (     ) who it is that is saying to you2, 'Give me a drink', you3 would have asked him2, and he3 would have given you living water.'  2-3

UNIFICATION:  JESUS OFFERS LIVING WATER TO SAMARITAN WOMAN WELLING UP TO ETERNAL LIFE 2-3. MESSiAH, CHRiST, SAVIOUR Of THE WORLD 

John 7.
[29]  I know him, for I2 come from him2, and he3 sent me.

THE FATHER AND THE SON

John 9.

[35] Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having found him2 he3 said, 'Do you believe in the Son of man?'

John 8.
[2]  Early in the morning he came again to the temple; 1-2 / all the people came to him, and he2 sat down and (     )3 taught them.'   

UNIFICATION IN JESUS TEACHER:  THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES AND WOMAN ACCUSED OF ADULTERY, JESUS TWO 'BENT DOWN AND WROTE WITH HIS FINGER IN THE GROUND' 

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