Power of the Spoken Word, pt. 1

The spoken word has three qualities, mystical, physical, and spiritual. We will concentrate of the physical today.

The spoken word has the power to kill, to heal and to sustain.

Words spoken in anger are words designed to hurt the recipient of those words. Oftentimes, when spoken with little or no thought or with no self control will wound and sometimes even kill a relationship. The recipient of those words will more than likely shut down and shut out the person who spoke those words. They do it to protect themselves from further harm. There is nothing they can do to bring themselves to talk on an intimate level to the person who spoke those words. They do not want to put themselves in the path of harm again, even if it means restoring the relationship. Even if they may have had something to do with what caused the person to become angry. They do not want to experience the punishment again. The cruel words spoken in anger are a form of punishment and no one should be punished twice for a wrong done in the past. No one should expect a person to want to be punished twice for an infraction. No wife, husband, mother, father, son or daughter should be talked to with cruel words by a loved one for any reasons.

If you have spoken cruel words to a loved one it is you who needs to bridge the gap. You have to heal the other person. They cannot heal themselves. They cannot trust that the person who spoke those cruel words will not hurt them again with more cruel words.

Many times the person who spoke the cruel words, does not realize they have a problem with their anger, or they may have had this problem in the past and thought they had dealt with the problem, but they had not, because that is a problem that is always there and it is never justified to speak cruel words unless they seriously want to end that relationship.

Chapter 3 Commentary

Chapter three was the classic look of the origin of sin in our world, but what was the beginning of sin and from whom did it originate? Did it originate from the man or the woman?

Woman was always looked at as the one who sinned first, but what of the man. Did he play any part in her sin? Her sin was the eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. What caused her to eat? Was it the craftiness of the snake or was it something else? What gave the snake the edge in being able to beguile her?

It is true that the woman ate from the tree first and that she gave to the man and he did eat next. It is my understanding that she was given faulty instructions. The magistrates told the man, that they were not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but who told the woman that they could not touch the tree. The only person that could have told her was the man. At that time, the only command they had to follow that was written, was do not eat from the tree. So, not touching it was not apart of the command, that was an alterations were forbidden (Deut. 4:2 & 12:32).

Telling her not to touch it gave the snake an avenue to get her to distrust what the man told her. If he could create doubt, he could persuade her to disobey a command and he did.

The man, on the other hand, ate for more noble reasons. He ate so that the woman, whom he loved, would not be alone. His first sin would not result in banishment, so he had to eat in order to stay with her and he did.

The further results of the sin, were hard labor, the hard labor in giving childbirth and for the man it was hard labor in the field, or for whatever work he had to do to supply for the needs of himself and his family.

In our culture today society is trying to limit the result of the first sin, by not requiring man to work for his daily sustenance. Our welfare system is an affront to the creator order of man’s purpose. People should have to work for their welfare check, or food stamps. They should not get it for sitting around doing nothing.

Genesis 3:1 - 24

Genesis 3:1 - 24

1:Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh the Magistrate had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has The Magistrates have said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

2: Says the woman to the snake, "from the fruit tree of the garden we may eat.”  

3: And from the fruit of the tree, which is in the midst of the garden, the magistrates said you shall not eat of it or touch it lest you be removed and ruined."

 

4: And the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die.

5: For the Magistrates know, for in the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and be as intelligent as the magistrates, knowing good and evil.

6:And the woman saw that the tree was good and edible, and their was a longing for satisfaction in her eyes, that would delight her, by making her intelligent, so she took the fruit and gathered it and gave to the man to eat with her.

7: Both of their eyes were opened and clear-sighted and they knew that they were naked, and citywise; then they sewed foliage of fig leaves into a belt.

8: They heard the announcement of YHWH of the magistrates walking in the garden, into the wind of the day, so Adam secreted himself with the woman from the face of YHWH of the magistrates amongst the trees of the garden.

9: Then YHWH of the Magistrates called to the man and spoke to him, “Where are you?”

10: And he said, “I heard your voice in the garden, I was afraid, because I was naked and citywise, so a secreted myself away.

11: And He said, “Who told you, you were city wise, of the tree I constituted with you not to eat, have you eaten?”

12: And the man spoke, “ The woman which you gave to stand with me, she gave to me of the tree and I ate.”

13: YHWH of the Magistrates spoke to the woman, “What is this you have brought about?” And the woman said, “The whisperer ruined me with guile and I ate.”

14: YHWH of the magistrates spoke to the whisperer, “Because, you did this, I denounce you of all the beast and the life in the field. On your belly you shall walk and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.”

15: “Hostility I will place between you and between the woman, and between your fruit and between her fruit, and he shall overwhelm you and you shall snap at his heel.”

16; To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your worrisome labor and pain in pregnancy, in worry and pain, you will beget sons, and to a man, you will have a longing and he will rule, among, with, through and against you.”

17: And to Adam he said, “because you obeyed the voice of the woman, to eat out of the tree, I constituted you saying not to eat from it, denounced is the soil on account of you, in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.”

18: In harvest season thorns will sprout and you shall the grass of the field.

19: With perspiration on the face you shall eat food, until you turn back to the soil, from what you were taken, for gray dust you are and to gray dust you shall turn back to.

20: And the man called the name of the woman Eve (lifegiver), because she is the mother of all life.

21: And the magistrate YHWH made for man and for woman leather shirts to put on.

22: And the magistrate YHWH said, “Therefore the man has become apart of the united, knowing good and evil, at this time, lest he send out his hand to take and gather from the tree of lives and be alive always.”

23: And therefore the magistrate YHWH sent them away from the garden Eden to work the soil since they were taken from there.

24: And he drove out the man and he resided before the garden of Eden, the kerubs (cherubs) and a blazing sword turned over to protect the road of the tree of lives.

Genesis 3:24

 

!d[-!gl ~dqm !kvyw ~dah-ta vrgyw

5731      6924   7931    120    1644

 

Tkphmh brxh jhl taw ~ybrkh-ta

2015       2719   3858        3742

 

S ;:~yyxh #[ $rd-ta rmvl

     2416    6086   1870   8104

 

 

So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.   NASB

 

And He drove the man out, and He stationed from the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and the blade of the revolving sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life. TJT

 

 

1643 – 1645 – vrg – (crg) – garash – to husk; a kernel; grain; to drive out; to expatriate or divorce; produce (as if expelled).

119 – 124 –  ~da – (mda) – adam – to show blood (in the face) i.e. flush or turn rosy; ruddy, i.e. a human being; a name; rosy; shorten form of  ~wda (mwda)  Edom, a name; redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet or some other red gem.

7931 – 7934 – !kv – (nkc) – shakan – to reside or permanently stay (through the idea of lodging); a residence; a resident.

6923 – 6925 – ~dq – (mdq) – qadam – to project (one self), precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet (usually for help); the front, a place (the fore part, rel. the East) or time (antiquity), before, anciently, eastward.

1588 – !g – (ng) – gan – a garden (as fenced).

5728 – 5732 – !d[ – (ndo) – aden – to be soft, or pleasant, to live voluptuously; till now; pleasure; a place in Mesopotamia; Eden; a set time, a year.

3742 – 3743 – bwrk – (bwrk) – keruwb – a cherub (kerub); an imaginary figure; a place in Babylon.

3857 – 3858 – jhl – (fhl) – lahat – to lick, to blaze; a blaze, also (from the idea of enwrapping) magic (as covert).

2717 – 2722 – brx – (brj) – chareb – to parch; to desolate, destroy, kill; to demolish; drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword or other sharp implement; parched or ruined; desolation; name of a mountain; Choreb (Horeb).

2015 – 2017 – $ph – (kph) – haphak – to turn about or over; to change, overturn, return, pervert; a turn, the reverse; an upset, perversity.

8104 – 8107 – rmv – (rmc) – shamar – to hedge about, (as with thorns), guard, to protect, attend to; something preserved, the settlings of wine; a name, Shamer; an observance.

1869 – 1870 – $rd – (krd) – derek – to tread; to walk; to string a bow (by treading on it in bending);  a road (as trodden); a course of life or mode of action.

6086 – #[ – (xo) – ets – a tree, hence wood.

2416 – 2417 – yx – (yj) – chay – alive, raw (flesh), fresh) plant, water, years), strong, life.

And he drove out the man and he resided before the garden of Eden, the kerubs (cherubs) and a blazing sword turned over to protect the road of the tree of lives.

Genesis 3:23

 

Db[l !d[-!gm ~yhla hwhy whxlvyw 

 5647     5731  1588   430  3068      7971

 

~vm xql rva hmdah-ta

8033  3947    834     127    

 

 

 

therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

NASB

 

 

And the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to till the soil, whence he had been taken. Traditional Jewish Translation

 

 

7971 – 7975 – xlv – (jlc) – shalach – to send away, for, or out; a missile, a spear, a shoot of growth, a branch; a name.

3068 – 3069 – hwhy – (hwhy) – Yahweh – self existent or eternal; name of the creator.

430 – ~yhla – (myhla) – Elohim – Magistrates.

1588 – !g – (ng) – gan – a garden (as fenced).

5728 – 5732 – !d[ – (ndo) – aden – to be soft, or pleasant, to live voluptuously; till now; pleasure; a place in Mesopotamia; Eden; a set time, a year.

5647 – 5652 – db[ – (dbo) – abad – to work, to serve, till, enslave; to do, make, prepare, keep; a servant; a name; a deed.

126 – 128 – hmda – (hmda) – adamah – earthy, a place near the Dead Sea; soil (from 119); place in Palastine.

834 – אֲשֶׁר – (rca) – ashar –

1.   (relative part.)

a.    which, who

b.   that which

2.   (conj)

a.    that (in obj clause)

b.   when

c.    since

d.   as

e.    conditional if .

3947 – 3948 – xql – (jql) – laqach – to take; something received, instruction, inveiglement (lure).

8033 – 8036 – ~v – (mc) – shem – there, then; often thither or thence; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; honor, authority, character; a name; Shem; to name.

 

And therefore the magistrate YHWH sent them away from the garden Eden to work the soil since they were taken from there.

Genesis 3:22

Genesis 3:22

Dxak hyh ~dah !h ~yhla hwhy rmayw

  259     1961   120  2005   430     3068    559

Wdy xlvy-!p ht[w [rw bwj t[dl wnmm

3027   7971  6435 6258 7451 2896   3045   4480

~l[l yxw lkaw ~yyxh #[m ~g xqlw

  5769    2416   398 2416   6086  1571  3947

Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"—  NASB

Now the Lord God said, "Behold man has become like one of us, having the ability of knowing good and evil, and now, lest he stretch forth his hand and take also from the Tree of Life and eat and live forever." Traditional Jewish Translation

559 – Rma – (rma) – Amar, to say, speak, utter

a.    (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend

b.   (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called

c.    (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly

d.   (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch.

3068 – 3069 – hwhy – (hwhy) – Yahweh – self existent or eternal; name of the creator.

430 – ~yhla – (myhla) – Elohim – Magistrates.

2004 – 2006 – !h – (nh) – hen – they; lo; if; Chald. There(for). (un)less, whether, but.

119 – 124 –  ~da – (mda) – adam – to show blood (in the face) i.e. flush or turn rosy; ruddy, i.e. a human being; a name; rosy; shorten form of  ~wda (mwda)  Edom, a name; redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet or some other red gem.

1961 – yhy – (yhy) – yahay –  to exist, be, become, come to pass.

259 – dxa – (dja) – echad – to unify, collect, united, one, first.

4478 – 4482 – !m – (nm) – man – a whatness; manna; who or what; a part of; from or out of; to apportion; a part; hence a musical chord.

3045 – 3047 – [dy – (ody) – yada – to know, (observation, care, recognition, instruction, designation, punishment.)

2896 – bwj – (bwf) – towb – good, goodness, beauty, gladness, welfare.

7451 – 7455 – [r – (or) – ra – bad or evil; a crash (of thunder), noise (of war), shout (of joy); an associate; a thought (as an association of ideas); badness (as marring).

6258 – ht[ – (hto) – attah – at this time, whether

6434 – 6435 – np – (np) – pen – to turn, an angle, removal, lest.

7971 – 7975 – xlv – (jlc) – shalach – to send away, for, or out; a missile, a spear, a shoot of growth, a branch; a name.

3027 – 3028 – dy – (dy) – yad – a hand (the open one[indicating power, means,direction].

3947 – 3948 – xql – (jql) – laqach – to take; something received, instruction, inveiglement (lure).

1571 – ~g – {(mg) – gam – To gather, assemblage; as an adv. Also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. Both …and.

6086 – #[ – (xo) – ets – a tree, hence wood.

398 – 401 – lka – (lka) – akal – to eat; food; devoured; a name, Ucal.

2416 – 2417 – yx – (yj) – chay – alive, raw (flesh), fresh) plant, water, years), strong, life.

5769 – ~l[– (mlo) – olam – concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; out of mind; eternity; always

 

And the magistrate YHWH said, “Therefore the man has become apart of the united, knowing good and evil, at this time, lest he send out his hand to take and gather from the tree of lifes and be alive always.”

Genesis 3:21

Genesis 3:21

Wtvalw ~dal ~yhla hwhy f[yw

 802        120     430    3068    6213

 P :~vblyw rw[ twntk

        3847     5785   3801

The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. NASB

And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife shirts of skin, and He dressed them.

Traditional Jewish Translation

6213 – hf[ – (hco) – asah –

1. to do, fashion, accomplish, make

a.     (Qal)

1.    to do, work, make, produce 1a

b.     to do 1a

c.     to work 1a

d.     to deal (with) 1a

e.     to act, act with effect, effect

1.    to make 1a

f.      to make 1a

g.     to produce 1a

h.     to prepare 1a

i.       to make (an offering) 1a

j.       to attend to, put in order 1a

k.     to observe, celebrate 1a

l.       to acquire (property) 1a

m.  to appoint, ordain, institute 1a

n.     to bring about 1a

o.    to use 1a

p.     to spend, pass

q.     (Niphal)

1.    to be done

2.    to be made

3.    to be produced

4.    to be offered

5.    to be observed

6.    to be used

r.      (Pual) to be made

2. (Piel) to press, squeeze .

3068 – 3069 – hwhy – (hwhy) – Yahweh – self existent or eternal; name of the creator.

430 – ~yhla – (myhla) – Elohim – Magistrates.

119 – 124 –  ~da – (mda) – adam – to show blood (in the face) i.e. flush or turn rosy; ruddy, i.e. a human being; a name; rosy; shorten form of  ~wda (mwda)  Edom, a name; redness, i.e. the ruby, garnet or some other red gem.

800 – 802 – hva – (hca) – eshshah – fire; a burnt offering; sacrifice; fem. of 376 or 582, irregular plural (nashiym); a woman.

3801 – tntk – (tntk) – kethoneth – to cover, a shirt.

5782 – 5787 – rw[ – (rwo) – owr – to wake; to be bare; (Chaldean) chaff; hide; leather; to blind; blind.

3847 – 3848 – vbl – (cbl) – labash – wrap around; to put on a garment or to clothe (oneself or another).

And the magistrate YHWH made for man and for woman leather shirts to put on.