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Genesis 9:24-29

That does it for chapter nine! We have completed another chapter.

Last week I joked that everybody knows that Canaanites are bad, but Noah did curse Canaan when he woke up naked after a late night bender.

I am not going to get into why he cursed his grandson or what had been done to him. Noah noticed something about his waking state that really set him off though, and he cursed Canaan. I have noticed throughout the Tanakh that what a father says about his sons, especially related to blessings, is of high regard and almost prophetic. There was the story of Jacob and Esau who argued about the blessing from Isaac.

Esau had sold his birthright to Jacob for a pot of stew. But Jacob still felt it necessary to fool his father into thinking he was Esau in order to get the blessing. Isaac was very upset when he found out he had blessed the wrong son. He did not undo the blessing or even try to. It was as if once it is given, it cannot be removed. I believe that to be the case.

If a blessing is like a tattoo, then a curse would be the same. Later in our readings we will see the land of Canaan and that Joshua's men will have to completely decimate it by killing all men women and children. They were not allowed to keep any gold or pottery, no spoils at all.

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Today we see the complete vowels of God's name.

This happens once every hundred or so occurrences of the name YHVH. Just because I am reading from a PDF file does not mean that those who created it felt at liberty to add or remove a vowel or marking. The Holem (dot over the vav) was likely present in the script they used to create the PDF, and so it was included.

Please have a look and repeat the words after I point and read. See you in the comments section.

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Today's reading

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Info on each letter starting at the beginning

If you are just starting, my lessons are all here starting at Alef, adding vowels (the dots and lines) as we go. I explain the meaning of each letter and its numerical value. Just go to my blog and scroll to the bottom or click here

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Note: I record these in one go because I am not that technical and have no idea how to edit video.

• What looked good on my phone screen at first playback is different from what I see when it is time to upload.
• It has been doing this for several weeks (since getting a new phone).
• I will attempt to resolve this somehow.

Thanks for watching. Comments or questions welcomed.

Shabbat Shalom