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Chapter 2

Session 1 February 2026

Keywords

Chapter 2

Keywords

create[h1254], form[h3335], make[h6213], Adam[h120], ground[h127] (Adamah), generation[h8435], YAHUAH[H3068], breath of life, soul, [h4191]to die, blessed[h1288], seventh, sanctify, seven

  1. [Genesis 2:1-25 KJV*]

  1. 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished[h3615], and all the [h6635]army of them.
  2. 2 And on the seventh[h7637] day Alahym [h3615]finished his work[h4399] which he had made[h6213]; and he rested[h7673] on the seventh[h7637] day from all his work[h4399] which he had made[h6213].
  3. 3 And Alahym blessed[h1288] the seventh[h7637] day of Aleph/Tav, and sanctified[h6942] it of Aleph/Tav: because that in it he had rested[h7673] from all his work which Alahym created[h1254] and made[h6213].
  4. 4 These [h8435]genealogies of the heavens and of the earth when they were created[h1254], in the day that YAHUAH[h3068] Alahym made the earth and the heavens,
  5. 5 And every [h7880]shrub of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for YAHUAH Alahym had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and no [h120]Adam [h5647]to serve the ground[h127] of Aleph/Tav.
  6. 6 But there went up a mist[h108] from the earth, and watered[h8248] the whole face of the ground of Aleph/Tav.
  7. 7 And YAHUAH Alahym formed[h3335] the Adam of Aleph/Tav [of] the dust[h6083] of the ground[h127], and breathed[h5301] into his nostrils[h639] breath[h5397] of [חיּים][h2416]lives; and the Adam became to a living[h2416][חיּה] [h5315]soul.
  8. 8 And YAHUAH Alahym planted[h5193] a garden[h1588] eastward in Eden; and there he put the Adam of Aleph/Tav whom he had formed[h3335].
  9. 9 And out of the ground[h127] made YAHUAH Alahym to grow every tree for desired appearance, and good for food; and [החיּים][h2416]the lives tree in the midst of the garden[j], and the knowledge[h1847] of good[h2896] and evil[h7451] tree.
  10. 10 And a river went out from Eden[k] to water Aleph/Tav–the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
  11. 11 The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which [h5437]goes around Aleph/Tav [l]the whole land of Havilah, which there the gold [is];
  12. 12 And gold of that land [is] good[m]: there [is] bdellium and the onyx stone.
  13. 13 And the name of the second river [is] Gihon: the same [is] it that [h5437]goes around Aleph/Tav[n] the whole land of Ethiopia.
  14. 14 And the name of the third river [is] Hiddekel: that [is] it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river [is] Euphrates.
  15. 15 And YAHUAH Alahym took Aleph/Tav–the Adam, and put him into the garden of Eden to serve her [h5647]and to keep her.
  16. 16 And YAHUAH Alahym commanded the Adam, saying, Of every tree of the garden [h398]you may eat [h398]to eat:
  17. 17 But from the knowledge of good[h2896] and evil[h7451] tree, you shall not eat[h398] from him: for in the day that you eat[h398] [h4480]from him [תּמוּת][h4191]you shall die [מות][h4191]to die.
  18. 18 And YAHUAH Alahym said, [It is] not good[h2896] that the Adam should be[h1961] [h905]on his own; I will make him an [h5828]helper [h5048]as his opposite.
  19. 19 And out of the ground[h127] YAHUAH Alahym formed[h3335] every [h2416]creature of the field extending to {Vav/}Aleph/Tav every [h5775]flying creature of [h8064]the heavens; and brought unto the Adam to see what he would call for him: and all whatsoever the Adam called[h7121] for him [חיּה][h2416]living [h5315]soul, that his name.
  20. 20 And the Adam [h7121]called out names[h8034] to all the animals, and to [h5775]flying creature of [h8064]the heavens, and to every [חיּת][h2416]creature of the field; but for Adam there was not found an [h5828]helper [h5048]as his opposite.
  21. 21 And YAHUAH Alahym caused a deep sleep to fall upon the Adam, and he slept: and he took one [h6763]of his sides, and closed up the flesh [h8478]underneath;
  22. 22 And YAHUAH Alahym built Aleph/Tav–[h6763]the side, which taken from the Adam, into woman[h802],[o][p] and brought her unto the Adam.
  23. 23 And the Adam said, [h6471]the beat[q][r] [h2063]cut from {Zayin/}Aleph/Tav, bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: [h2063]to cut from {Lamed/Zayin/}Aleph/Tav shall be called Woman[h802][אשּׁה[s]], because [h2063]a cut from {Zayin/}Aleph/Tav was taken from man[h376][מאישׁ[t]].
  24. 24 Therefore shall a man[h376] leave Aleph/Tav–his father and Aleph/Tav–his mother, and shall [h1692]cling [h802]unto his woman: and they shall be one[h259] flesh[u].
  25. 25 And the two of them were naked[h6174], the Adam [h802]and his woman, and were not ashamed[h954].

Questions

  1. What are the armies of heaven and earth mentioned in Gen 2:1?

  1. The fauna enumerated in Gen 1
  2. Armies are organized by hierarchy—they respond to commands from a leader

  1. What is the significance of the seventh day?

  2. In what sense do the heavens and earth have genealogies?

  3. What is the difference between creation and formation?

  1. Adam was created male and female in Gen 1 before he was formed out of the dust (perhaps minerals) of the ground in Gen 2
  2. The ground (ie Adamah) was the womb out of which Adam was born
  3. The minerals of the ground contain essential nutrients for the Adam
  4. As a result if the ground is poisoned the Adam will be poisoned
  5. A mist waters the ground before Adam is formed from the resulting clay
  1. Water is an essential constituent of the Adam
  1. YAH breathes the breath of life into Adam’s nostrils before he becomes a living soul
  1. The breath of life is an essential constituent of the Adam in his original form

  1. What does the garden of Eden represent?

  1. [Song of Songs 4:12-16 KJV] 12 A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 13 your plants [are] an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow upon my garden, [that] the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
  2. [Isaiah 58:11-14 KJV] 11 And YAHUAH shall guide thee continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. 12 And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. 13 If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, [from] doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of YAHUAH, honourable; and shall honour him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking [your own] words: 14 Then shall you delight yourself in YAHUAH; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of YAHUAH hath spoken [it].
  3. [Ezekiel 31:1-18 KJV] 1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third [month], in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of YAHUAH came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art you like in your greatness? 3 Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. 4 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. 5 Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. 6 All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. 7 Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. 8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chesnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. 9 I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that [were] in the garden of God, envied him. 10 Therefore thus saith YAHUAH YAHUAH; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; 11 I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. 12 And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. 13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: 14 To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. 15 Thus saith YAHUAH YAHUAH; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. 16 I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. 17 They also went down into hell with him unto [them that be] slain with the sword; and [they that were] his arm, [that] dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. 18 To whom art you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with [them that be] slain by the sword. This [is] Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith YAHUAH YAHUAH.

  1. How does the breath of lives relate to the tree of lives?

  1. [Genesis 7:21-22 KJV] 21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and all of [h120]the Adam: 22 All in whose nostrils [h7307]spirit of [h5397]breath of [חיּים][h2416]lives, of all that in dry [land], died.
  2. [Matthew 26:36-42 KJV] 36 Then cometh Yahusha with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry you here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you [will]. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, your will be done.
  3. [John 3:5-7 KJV] 5 Yahusha answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, You must be born again.
  4. [Matthew 3:13-17 KJV] 13 Then cometh Yahusha from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest you to me? 15 And Yahusha answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 And Yahusha, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  5. [John 13:3-17 KJV] 3 Yahusha knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; 4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. 5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel wherewith he was girded. 6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost you wash my feet? 7 Yahusha answered and said unto him, What I do you knowest not now; but you shall know hereafter. 8 Peter saith unto him, you shall never wash my feet. Yahusha answered him, If I wash thee not, you have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also [my] hands and [my] head. 10 Yahusha saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and you are clean, but not all. 11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, You are not all clean. 12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know you what I have done to you? 13 You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for [so] I am. 14 If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. 16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. 17 If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.
  6. [John 20:19-22 KJV] 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Yahusha and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you. 20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw YAHUAH. 21 Then said Yahusha to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive you the Holy Ghost:

  1. Why was the knowledge of good and evil tree planted in the garden?

  1. [Romans 4:15 ESV] 15 For the law brings wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression.
  2. [Romans 7:1-13 ESV] 1 Or do you not know, brothers--for I am speaking to those who know the law--that the law is binding on a person only as long as he lives? 2 For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage. 3 Accordingly, she will be called an adulteress if she lives with another man while her husband is alive. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she marries another man she is not an adulteress. 4 Likewise, my brothers, you also have died to the law through the body of Messiah, so that you may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God. 5 For while we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. 6 But now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code. 7 What then shall we say? That the law is sin? By no means! Yet if it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, "You shall not covet." 8 But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness. For apart from the law, sin lies dead. 9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. 10 The very commandment that promised life proved to be death to me. 11 For sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. 12 So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. 13 Did that which is good, then, bring death to me? By no means! It was sin, producing death in me through what is good, in order that sin might be shown to be sin, and through the commandment might become sinful beyond measure.
  3. [Romans 5:12-21 ESV] 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-- 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come. 15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Yahusha Messiah abounded for many. 16 And the free gift is not like the result of that one man's sin. For the judgment following one trespass brought condemnation, but the free gift following many trespasses brought justification. 17 For if, because of one man's trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Yahusha Messiah. 18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man's obedience the many will be made righteous. 20 Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, 21 so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Yahusha Messiah our Lord..

  1. What does Zayin/Aleph/Tav mean?

  1. [Genesis 3:13-14 KJV] 13 And YAHUAH God said unto the woman, What this[h2063]Zayin Aleph Tav [that] you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And YAHUAH God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this[h2063]Zayin Aleph Tav, you [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life:
  2. [Leviticus 16:3-4 KJV**] 3 With cut from {Zayin/}Aleph/Tav shall Aaron come into [h6944]the sanctity: [h6499]with a bull, [h1121]offspring [h1241]of an ox, for a sin offering[h2403], and a ram[h352] for a burnt offering[h5930]. 4 He shall put on[h3847] a linen[h906] [h6944]sanctity coat, and he shall have linen[h906] breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen[h906] girdle, and [h6801]he shall be wrapped with a linen[h906] mitre. These [h6944]sanctity garments. His flesh of Aleph/Tav [h7364]he shall wash in water, and put them on[h3847].
  3. [Leviticus 16:33-34 KJV] 33 [h3722]And he shall atone for [h6944]the sanctity of Aleph/Tav’s sanctuary[h4720], and for Aleph/Tav’s tabernacle[h168] [h4150]of appointed time, and for the altar of Aleph/Tav, he shall make an atonement. And upon the priests, and upon all the people of the congregation[h6951] he shall make atonement. 34 And cut from {Zayin/}Aleph/Tav shall be unto you for a statute[h2708] [h5769]of perpetuity, [h3722]to atone unto children of Israel from all their sins once a year. And he did as which YAHUAH commanded Moses of Aleph/Tav.