Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: How many are the tribes of Israel? Answer: In Egypt at the end of his life Jacob (Israel) adopted the sons of Joseph: Manasseh and Ephraim, thus Jacob’s sons became 14. And he told Joseph that if he would have other sons after that, they would be his own, but Manasseh and Ephraim would be Jacob’s. Joseph did not father any sons in Egypt. Therefore, at the time of the Exodus we see that 13 tribes left Egypt, as Manasseh and Ephraim replaced their father, since...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: How many were the sons of Jacob? Answer: This question may seem easy to answer. He fathered 12 sons and a daughter from four mothers (below they are listed by their mothers, in order of their births, and the meanings of their names): Sons of Leah: Re’uven = “behold a son” Shimon = “heard” Levi = “joined to” Yehudah = “YHVH praised” Sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s servant): Dan = “a judge” Naphtali = “wrestling Sons of Zilpah (Leah’s servant): Gad =...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: Did God work on the first Sabbath, and if He did what did He do and why? Answer: The Creator worked on the first Sabbath (the seventh day of the creation), as it is seen in Gen 2:1. And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God finished His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. (Gen 2:1-2 JPS) From Genesis 1 we understand that the Creator made the universe...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 17, 2018 in Q&A
Question: Did God create the universe from nothing? Answer: Due to misunderstanding of the creation narrative, we are led to believe that God created the universe from nothing; and some people of faith even adhere to the Big Bang theory and evolution. But did God create something from nothing? We read from the translation of the most recognizable verse in the Bible. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Gen 1:1 This translation is not necessarily wrong,...
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Posted by Navah on Nov 8, 2018 in Q&A
Who are the “Palestinians”? Yeshua said, “Avraham saw my day and rejoiced”. When did Avraham see him? Who is the satan in the Bible? Didn’t God allow us to eat any animal flesh? Why does the Torah speak in the Creation story in third person? What do the religions teach about going to heaven? Why was the first cold pressed olive oil used in the Temple? Is Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) called ‘Sabbath’ as the weekly Sabbath? Why...
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Posted by Navah on Jul 4, 2016 in Q&A, The Name of YHVH
And I appeared to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya’akov, as El Shaddai. And by My Name יהוה was I not known to them? Exo 6:3 Was the Creator’s Name Yehovah יהוה known to Mosheh (Moses)? in order to answer this question, we need to know that in Hebrew there is neither required interrogative clauses nor question marks. The only way to determine whether a phrase is a statement, or a question is through the stress and intonation of the voice. The name YHVH was known...
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