6 Cheshvan 5994 / 21 October 2023
Day 294 Readings
Torah: Noach, 7th Portion Bereshit (Genesis) 11:1-32
6 And the Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they all have [g]the same language. And this is what they have started to do, and now nothing which they plan to do will be [h]impossible for them. 7 Come, [i]let Us go down and there confuse their [j]language, so that they will not understand one another’s [k]speech.” 8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from there over the face of all the earth; and they stopped building the city. 9 Therefore it was named [l]Babel, because there the Lord confused the [m]language of all the earth; and from there the Lord scattered them abroad over the face of all the earth.
27 Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died [n]during the lifetime of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor’s wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah [o]and Iscah. 30 Sarai was unable to conceive; she did not have a child.
31 Now Terah took his son Abram, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they departed [p]together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran and [q]settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years; and Terah died in Haran.
Haftarah Noach: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 54:1–55:5 (A)
Isaiah 54
1“Sing, barren woman who has never had a child!Burst into song, shout for joy,you who have never been in labor!For the deserted wife will have more childrenthan the woman who is living with her husband,” says Adonai.2 Enlarge the space for your tent,extend the curtains of your dwelling;do not hold back, lengthen your cords,make your tent pegs firm.3 For you will spread out to the right and the left,your descendants will possess the nationsand inhabit the desolated cities.4 Don’t be afraid, for you won’t be ashamed;don’t be discouraged, for you won’t be disgraced.You will forget the shame of your youth,no longer remember the dishonor of being widowed.5 For your husband is your Maker,Adonai-Tzva’ot is his name.The Holy One of Isra’el is your Redeemer.He will be called the God of all the earth.6 For Adonai has called you backlike a wife abandoned and grief-stricken;“A wife married in her youthcannot be rejected,” says your God.7 “Briefly I abandoned you,but with great compassion I am taking you back.8 I was angry for a momentand hid my face from you;but with everlasting graceI will have compassion on you,”says Adonai your Redeemer.9 “For me this is like Noach’s flood.Just as I swore that no flood like Noach’swould ever again cover the earth,so now I swear that never againwill I be angry with you or rebuke you.10 For the mountains may leave and the hills be removed,but my grace will never leave you,and my covenant of peace will not be removed,”says Adonai, who has compassion on you.
11 “Storm-ravaged [city], unconsoled,I will set your stones in the finest way,lay your foundations with sapphires,12 make your windows shine with rubies,your gates with garnet, your walls with gemstones.13 All your children will be taught by Adonai;your children will have great peace.14 In righteousness you will be established,far from oppression, with nothing to fear;far from ruin, for it will not come near you.15 Any alliance that forms against youwill not be my doing;whoever tries to form such an alliancewill fall because of you.16 It is I who created the craftsmanwho blows on the coals and forges weaponssuited to their purpose;I also created the destroyer to work havoc.17 No weapon made will prevail against you.In court you will refute every accusation.The servants of Adonai inherit all this;the reward for their righteousness is from me,”
says Adonai.
Isaiah 55
1 “All you who are thirsty, come to the water!You without money, come, buy, and eat!Yes, come! Buy wine and milkwithout money — it’s free!2 Why spend money for what isn’t food,your wages for what doesn’t satisfy?Listen carefully to me, and you will eat well,you will enjoy the fat of the land.3 Open your ears, and come to me;listen well, and you will live —I will make an everlasting covenant with you,the grace I assured David.4 I have given him as a witness to the peoples,a leader and lawgiver for the peoples.5 You will summon a nation you do not know,and a nation that doesn’t know you will run to you,for the sake of Adonai your God,the Holy One of Isra’el, who will glorify you.”
[Messianic adaptation: commence the reading at 52:13]
B’rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Noach:
Mattityahu (Matthew) 24:36–44;
New King James Version
No One Knows the Day or Hour
36 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of [a]heaven, but My Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what [b]hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [c]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Luke 17:26–37;
New King James Version
26 And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: 27 They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. 28 Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; 29 but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. 30 Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.
31 “In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his [a]goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. 32 Remember Lot’s wife. 33 Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, in that night there will be two [b]men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. 35 Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. 36 [c]Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.”
37 And they answered and said to Him, “Where, Lord?”
So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together.”
Acts 2:1–16;
Complete Jewish Bible
1 The festival of Shavu‘ot arrived, and the believers all gathered together in one place. 2 Suddenly there came a sound from the sky like the roar of a violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then they saw what looked like tongues of fire, which separated and came to rest on each one of them. 4 They were all filled with the Ruach HaKodesh and began to talk in different languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.
1 Kefa (1 Peter) 3:18–22;
New King James Version
Christ’s Suffering and Ours
18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring [a]us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, 20 who formerly were disobedient, [b]when once the Divine longsuffering waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water. 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God), through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been made subject to Him.
2 Kefa (2 Peter) 2:5 5 And he did not spare the ancient world; on the contrary, he preserved Noach, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, and brought the Flood upon a world of ungodly people.
Bible Study Together
Judges 10:1-18
Tola
10 After Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in the mountains of Ephraim. 2 He judged Israel twenty-three years; and he died and was buried in Shamir.
Jair
3 After him arose Jair, a Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty-two years. 4 Now he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys; they also had thirty towns, which are called [a]“Havoth Jair” to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died and was buried in Camon.
John 7:25-39
37 Now on the last day of the festival, Hoshana Rabbah, Yeshua stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him keep coming to me and drinking! 38 Whoever puts his trust in me, as the Scripture says, rivers of living water will flow from his inmost being!” 39 (Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who trusted in him were to receive later — the Spirit had not yet been given, because Yeshua had not yet been glorified.)
365 Daily Kingdom Living
Praise Be To The Lord Always
King David was a man after God’s own heart. King David praised God not only when God anointed him as king, or when God answered his prayers. He praised God always. Whenever he was in trouble and when he fell into a deep valley in his life, he knew that when he praised God, the glory and presence of God came upon him and the truth of God would deliver him. If you are in a difficult time in your life, let’s praise the Lord. For when you praise God, His glory will come into your life.
Prayer: Blessed be the Lord always, and we sing praise to you, O Lord! In Jesus' name, Amen.
Scripture
Jeremiah 37
Jeremiah 38
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you surely surrender[g] to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not [h]surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand.’ ”
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they abuse me.”
20 But Jeremiah said, “They shall not deliver you. Please, obey the voice of the Lord which I speak to you. So it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live. 21 But if you refuse to [i]surrender, this is the word that the Lord has shown me:
1 Timothy 6
6 Now godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, [d]and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
The Good Confession
11 But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13 I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14 that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15 which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only [e]Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16 who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.
Instructions to the Rich
17 Command those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18 Let them do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to give, willing to share, 19 storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Guard the Faith
20 O Timothy! Guard what was committed to your trust, avoiding the profane and [f]idle babblings and contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge— 21 by professing it some have strayed concerning the faith.
Grace be with you. Amen.
Psalm 89:38-52
38 But You have cast off and abhorred,[a]You have been furious with Your [b]anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant of Your servant;You have [c]profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 You have broken down all his hedges;You have brought his [d]strongholds to ruin.
41 All who pass by the way plunder him;He is a reproach to his neighbors.
42 You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries;You have made all his enemies rejoice.
43 You have also turned back the edge of his sword,And have not sustained him in the battle.
44 You have made his [e]glory cease,And cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth You have shortened;You have covered him with shame. Selah
46 How long, Lord?Will You hide Yourself forever?Will Your wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is; For what futility have You created all the children of men?
48 What man can live and not [f]see death?Can he deliver his life from the power of [g]the grave? Selah
49 Lord, where are Your former lovingkindnesses,Which You swore to David in Your truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of Your servants—How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples,
51 With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord,With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your [h]anointed.
52 Blessed be the Lord forevermore!Amen and Amen.
Proverbs 25:28
Complete Jewish Bible
28 Like a city breached, without walls, is a person who lacks self-control.