Fourth Letter – In the Beginning
Dear Jake,
Here are some thoughts on bĕrēšît – the first word in the Bible.
I chose bĕrēšît for two reasons – first to illustrate what Scripture clearly states, namely that God alone declares the end out of the beginning;[1] and secondly that He has concealed secret things (words) in the midst of Scripture that we are to search out[2].
As you are very much aware, the first verse of our English Bible is “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) And the first word in Hebrew is bĕrēšît, pronounced be-re-sheet.
Bĕrēšît is a compound word – bĕ + rēšît. Bĕ is a prefix meaning in, on, at, or with. Rēšît denotes beginning, and comes from the Hebrew word ro'sh which means first in place, time, order or rank. Most translations translate bĕrēšît – “In the beginning.”
Ancient Hebrew differs from English in many ways. First it is read from left to right, and secondly it does not have vowels. Words are spelled using consonants alone, vowels were not written. People just knew how to pronounce the word. This created a problem to those not familiar with the language. A group of Jewish scholars called the Masoretes addressed the issue by introducing vowel-points, accents, and other signs affecting the pronunciation of consonants. Their system was incorporated into the Hebrew text and became known as the Masoretic text. The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text behind our English Bibles.
Bĕrēšît is spelled Bet, Reish, Aleph, Shin, Yod and Tav.
· The first letter of bĕrēšît is Bet – ב.
· The second letter is Reish –ר.
· The third letter is Aleph – א.
· The fourth letter is Shin – ש.
· The fifth letter is Yod – י.
· And the last letter is Tav – ת.
When the letters of bĕrēšît are analyzed[3], through definitions of the individual letters, and combined with the words formed using the letters of bĕrēšît an interesting picture begins to emerge.
Bet For example, the first letter “Bet” not only is a preposition as mentioned above, but also by definition means house, tent, tabernacle or household. In the Hebrew text, this letter is enlarged indicating “pay special attention to this” because there is something of significance here.
Bet hints that the rest of what is to follow is about the house or household – i.e. God’s dwelling place and the family of God. Bet illustrates the importance of God’s house and family.
This is incredibly encouraging because we know that if we are in Messiah we are heirs according to the promise and members of the household of God.[4] We, as the family of God, are not an afterthought, we are His first thought!
Bet also points to the House, the place He dwells. He first dwelt in the Garden of Eden, where man fellowshipped with God, then He dwelt in the Tabernacle, then in Y’shua, then in us who are in Messiah, and finally He will dwell in the New Jerusalem.
· Leviticus 26:11-12, "I will set my tent (tabernacle) among you: and my soul won't abhor you. 12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people."
· John 1:14, "The Word became flesh, and lived (tabernacled) among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth."
· 1 Corinthians 3:16, "Don't you know that you are a temple (dwelling place) of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?"
· Revelation 21:3, 22-23, "I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling (tabernacle) is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God………22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. 23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb."
The letter "Bet" is spelled Bet yod Tav. As mentioned above the "bet" means house, tent, abode or dwelling. The "yod" denotes a hand shaped for work and the "Tav" is the sign of the covenant.
This is a hint as to why the earth was created. We were created to be in covenant (Tav) with God in His house (bet) doing (yod) His will.
Reish The next letter of bĕrēšît is reish – meaning the head. It represents a person, the head, chief or highest. Reish clearly points to Messiah for Ephesians 1:22-23 says, “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
Reish also points to the dominion of man in right relationship with God.
· Genesis 1:26-30, "God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so."
Reish also points to the headship of Israel for Deuteronomy 28:13 says, “And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.”
Bar Bet (the first letter of bĕrēšît) plus reish (the second letter of bĕrēšît) spells “bar” – son. Bar, according to Gesenius, draws the meaning of son from the Hebrew “bara” – to make or beget.
When I think of Son and begetting I think of John 3:16.
· John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
“Bar” also means favorite or chosen. It is translated in Song of Solomon 6:9 as favorite or chosen of her mother.
· "My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her."
“Bar” also means bright or pure and is translated as such in Song of Songs 6:10.
· "Who is she who looks forth as the morning, Beautiful as the moon, Clear (or bright) as the sun, Awesome as an army with banners?"
Bar, clearly points to Messiah as the only begotten son of God who is bright and pure as the sun.
· Revelation 1:12-16, "I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 13 And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. 16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest."
· Revelation 21:23, "The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb."
It is also intriguing to see the Bride having the glory of God – radiant as a jewel.
· Revelation 21:9-11, "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." 10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;"
Why do I find it of interest? Two other passages – Isaiah 42:8 and Isaiah 48:11 declare that God will not share His glory with another, and yet the bride has the glory of God. How is this possible? Could it be alluding to what Peter declared – that we may be partakers of the divine nature?
· 2 Peter 1:4, "by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust."
Bara Bet (the first letter of bĕrēšît) plus reish (the second letter of bĕrēšît) plus aleph (the third letter of bĕrēšît) spells “bara” – to create, make. Bara is also the second word of Genesis 1:1.
W.E. Vines Expository Dictionary says, “This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied by bārā. The verb expresses creation out of nothing, an idea seen clearly in passages having to do with creation on a cosmic scale.”
Esh Aleph is the third letter, and Shin is the fourth. Aleph plus shin spell esh – fire.
Fire by definition is the rapid release of heat and light accompanied by flame. Metaphorically we speak of fire that burns within, meaning a burning passion. Fire engenders the idea of brilliance like that of a cut and polished gemstone; or the vivacity of imagination where we would say, “That’s brilliant.” Fire can speak of a severe test; a trial or torment; or a fever or bodily inflammation.
Fire is an interesting word.
In Scripture the Lord appears in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush (Exodus 3:2); as a pillar of fire in the Exodus (Exodus 13:21); and descends on Mount Sinai as fire and smoke (Exodus 19:18). In Isaiah 10:17 the Light of Israel will be a fire, and the Holy One a flame; in Jeremiah 23:29 His word is like a fire. In Daniel 10:6 His face is like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire. And in 2 Peter 3:7 the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire until the day of judgment.
Sheeth The last three letters of bĕrēšît (Shin, Yod, and Tav) spells sheeth, and means to put, place, set, station, fix. The first place this word is found in Scripture is Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
Brit The first, second and last letter of bĕrēšît spells brit – covenant.
Tav Last but certainly not least is the last letter of bĕrēšît – Tav. Tav is the mark, the sign. It is used in Ezekiel chapter 9, and Job chapter 31:
· Ezekiel 9:4, "Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark (a Tav) on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it."
· Ezekiel 9:6, "kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark (the Tav): and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house."
· Job 31:35, "Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature (Tav), let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!"
In paleo-Hebrew Tav was formed as a cross or an “X,” and used for making a mark or a signature.
In our culture when we sign our name on the proverbial dotted line aren’t we attesting to, or confirming by our signature that we are in agreement with what we are signing. Our signature is our seal, our pledge – a covenant.
In Ezekiel chapter nine, the Lord placed His mark – the Tav – on the foreheads of those who were distraught over the abominations. The abominations were violations of the Covenant. Placing the Tav on the forehead was a sign, a mark from God saying these people are in covenant we Me, do not touch them.
Putting it all together Bĕrēšît paints a picture. It is about the house, the Son, and the covenant. God has established His house by covenant through His Son. Digging a little deeper we see that the Son has the preeminence – He is the first, the head of all things.
"For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him." Colossians 1:16
"He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." Colossians 1:18
This house or household is God’s creation, perfected by the fire of God – holy and pure.
"For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire. 16 Don't you know that you are a temple (house) of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple (house) of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple (house) is holy, which you are." 1 Corinthians 3:11-17
This is a thing that God has established – set. It reminds me of the thought that what God has joined together let no man put asunder.
"But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. 7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." Mark 10:6-9
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh." 32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly. 33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband." Ephesians 5:31-33
And last but not least God has placed His mark on His house – His sign of the covenant.
Bĕrēšît outlines the subject of the Bible – the house, the Son, the covenant. This is the great story of the Bible. We lost access to our covenant privileges in the Garden of Eden. The good news – God has made a way where there was no way. He gave His Only begotten Son that we might have life, and that life is in covenant with Him.
Blessings,
Eli
[1] See Isaiah 46:9-10; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:9-12; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 41:21-23; etc.
[2] See Proverbs 25:2-3; Deuteronomy 29:29
[3] See “Hebrew Word Pictures” by Frank T Seekins; “Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament” by Gesenius; “Hebrew Chaldee Dictionary to the Old Testament” by A. Harkavy
[4] Ga; 3:26-29; Eph 2:19
Dear Jake,
Here are some thoughts on bĕrēšît – the first word in the Bible.
I chose bĕrēšît for two reasons – first to illustrate what Scripture clearly states, namely that God alone declares the end out of the beginning;[1] and secondly that He has concealed secret things (words) in the midst of Scripture that we are to search out[2].
As you are very much aware, the first verse of our English Bible is “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) And the first word in Hebrew is bĕrēšît, pronounced be-re-sheet.
Bĕrēšît is a compound word – bĕ + rēšît. Bĕ is a prefix meaning in, on, at, or with. Rēšît denotes beginning, and comes from the Hebrew word ro'sh which means first in place, time, order or rank. Most translations translate bĕrēšît – “In the beginning.”
Ancient Hebrew differs from English in many ways. First it is read from left to right, and secondly it does not have vowels. Words are spelled using consonants alone, vowels were not written. People just knew how to pronounce the word. This created a problem to those not familiar with the language. A group of Jewish scholars called the Masoretes addressed the issue by introducing vowel-points, accents, and other signs affecting the pronunciation of consonants. Their system was incorporated into the Hebrew text and became known as the Masoretic text. The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text behind our English Bibles.
Bĕrēšît is spelled Bet, Reish, Aleph, Shin, Yod and Tav.
· The first letter of bĕrēšît is Bet – ב.
· The second letter is Reish –ר.
· The third letter is Aleph – א.
· The fourth letter is Shin – ש.
· The fifth letter is Yod – י.
· And the last letter is Tav – ת.
When the letters of bĕrēšît are analyzed[3], through definitions of the individual letters, and combined with the words formed using the letters of bĕrēšît an interesting picture begins to emerge.
Bet For example, the first letter “Bet” not only is a preposition as mentioned above, but also by definition means house, tent, tabernacle or household. In the Hebrew text, this letter is enlarged indicating “pay special attention to this” because there is something of significance here.
Bet hints that the rest of what is to follow is about the house or household – i.e. God’s dwelling place and the family of God. Bet illustrates the importance of God’s house and family.
This is incredibly encouraging because we know that if we are in Messiah we are heirs according to the promise and members of the household of God.[4] We, as the family of God, are not an afterthought, we are His first thought!
Bet also points to the House, the place He dwells. He first dwelt in the Garden of Eden, where man fellowshipped with God, then He dwelt in the Tabernacle, then in Y’shua, then in us who are in Messiah, and finally He will dwell in the New Jerusalem.
· Leviticus 26:11-12, "I will set my tent (tabernacle) among you: and my soul won't abhor you. 12 I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you will be my people."
· John 1:14, "The Word became flesh, and lived (tabernacled) among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth."
· 1 Corinthians 3:16, "Don't you know that you are a temple (dwelling place) of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?"
· Revelation 21:3, 22-23, "I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling (tabernacle) is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God………22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its temple. 23 The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb."
The letter "Bet" is spelled Bet yod Tav. As mentioned above the "bet" means house, tent, abode or dwelling. The "yod" denotes a hand shaped for work and the "Tav" is the sign of the covenant.
This is a hint as to why the earth was created. We were created to be in covenant (Tav) with God in His house (bet) doing (yod) His will.
Reish The next letter of bĕrēšît is reish – meaning the head. It represents a person, the head, chief or highest. Reish clearly points to Messiah for Ephesians 1:22-23 says, “And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.”
Reish also points to the dominion of man in right relationship with God.
· Genesis 1:26-30, "God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." 27 God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." 29 God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food. 30 To every animal of the earth, and to every bird of the sky, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food." And it was so."
Reish also points to the headship of Israel for Deuteronomy 28:13 says, “And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.”
Bar Bet (the first letter of bĕrēšît) plus reish (the second letter of bĕrēšît) spells “bar” – son. Bar, according to Gesenius, draws the meaning of son from the Hebrew “bara” – to make or beget.
When I think of Son and begetting I think of John 3:16.
· John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
“Bar” also means favorite or chosen. It is translated in Song of Solomon 6:9 as favorite or chosen of her mother.
· "My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother's only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines, and they praised her."
“Bar” also means bright or pure and is translated as such in Song of Songs 6:10.
· "Who is she who looks forth as the morning, Beautiful as the moon, Clear (or bright) as the sun, Awesome as an army with banners?"
Bar, clearly points to Messiah as the only begotten son of God who is bright and pure as the sun.
· Revelation 1:12-16, "I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 13 And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. 14 His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. 16 He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest."
· Revelation 21:23, "The city has no need for the sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb."
It is also intriguing to see the Bride having the glory of God – radiant as a jewel.
· Revelation 21:9-11, "One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the Lamb's bride." 10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a jasper stone, clear as crystal;"
Why do I find it of interest? Two other passages – Isaiah 42:8 and Isaiah 48:11 declare that God will not share His glory with another, and yet the bride has the glory of God. How is this possible? Could it be alluding to what Peter declared – that we may be partakers of the divine nature?
· 2 Peter 1:4, "by which he has granted to us his precious and exceedingly great promises; that through these you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world by lust."
Bara Bet (the first letter of bĕrēšît) plus reish (the second letter of bĕrēšît) plus aleph (the third letter of bĕrēšît) spells “bara” – to create, make. Bara is also the second word of Genesis 1:1.
W.E. Vines Expository Dictionary says, “This verb is of profound theological significance, since it has only God as its subject. Only God can "create" in the sense implied by bārā. The verb expresses creation out of nothing, an idea seen clearly in passages having to do with creation on a cosmic scale.”
Esh Aleph is the third letter, and Shin is the fourth. Aleph plus shin spell esh – fire.
Fire by definition is the rapid release of heat and light accompanied by flame. Metaphorically we speak of fire that burns within, meaning a burning passion. Fire engenders the idea of brilliance like that of a cut and polished gemstone; or the vivacity of imagination where we would say, “That’s brilliant.” Fire can speak of a severe test; a trial or torment; or a fever or bodily inflammation.
Fire is an interesting word.
In Scripture the Lord appears in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush (Exodus 3:2); as a pillar of fire in the Exodus (Exodus 13:21); and descends on Mount Sinai as fire and smoke (Exodus 19:18). In Isaiah 10:17 the Light of Israel will be a fire, and the Holy One a flame; in Jeremiah 23:29 His word is like a fire. In Daniel 10:6 His face is like the appearance of lightning, his eyes like torches of fire. And in 2 Peter 3:7 the heavens and the earth are reserved for fire until the day of judgment.
Sheeth The last three letters of bĕrēšît (Shin, Yod, and Tav) spells sheeth, and means to put, place, set, station, fix. The first place this word is found in Scripture is Genesis 3:15 – “I will put enmity between thee and the woman.
Brit The first, second and last letter of bĕrēšît spells brit – covenant.
Tav Last but certainly not least is the last letter of bĕrēšît – Tav. Tav is the mark, the sign. It is used in Ezekiel chapter 9, and Job chapter 31:
· Ezekiel 9:4, "Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark (a Tav) on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in the midst of it."
· Ezekiel 9:6, "kill utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but don't come near any man on whom is the mark (the Tav): and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house."
· Job 31:35, "Oh that I had one to hear me! (Behold, here is my signature (Tav), let the Almighty answer me); Let the accuser write my indictment!"
In paleo-Hebrew Tav was formed as a cross or an “X,” and used for making a mark or a signature.
In our culture when we sign our name on the proverbial dotted line aren’t we attesting to, or confirming by our signature that we are in agreement with what we are signing. Our signature is our seal, our pledge – a covenant.
In Ezekiel chapter nine, the Lord placed His mark – the Tav – on the foreheads of those who were distraught over the abominations. The abominations were violations of the Covenant. Placing the Tav on the forehead was a sign, a mark from God saying these people are in covenant we Me, do not touch them.
Putting it all together Bĕrēšît paints a picture. It is about the house, the Son, and the covenant. God has established His house by covenant through His Son. Digging a little deeper we see that the Son has the preeminence – He is the first, the head of all things.
"For by him were all things created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him." Colossians 1:16
"He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." Colossians 1:18
This house or household is God’s creation, perfected by the fire of God – holy and pure.
"For no one can lay any other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 But if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or stubble; 13 each man's work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man's work is. 14 If any man's work remains which he built on it, he will receive a reward. 15 If any man's work is burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire. 16 Don't you know that you are a temple (house) of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys the temple (house) of God, God will destroy him; for God's temple (house) is holy, which you are." 1 Corinthians 3:11-17
This is a thing that God has established – set. It reminds me of the thought that what God has joined together let no man put asunder.
"But from the beginning of the creation, 'God made them male and female. 7 For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, 8 and the two will become one flesh,' so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." Mark 10:6-9
"For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh." 32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly. 33 Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband." Ephesians 5:31-33
And last but not least God has placed His mark on His house – His sign of the covenant.
Bĕrēšît outlines the subject of the Bible – the house, the Son, the covenant. This is the great story of the Bible. We lost access to our covenant privileges in the Garden of Eden. The good news – God has made a way where there was no way. He gave His Only begotten Son that we might have life, and that life is in covenant with Him.
Blessings,
Eli
[1] See Isaiah 46:9-10; Isaiah 42:9; Isaiah 43:9-12; Isaiah 45:21; Isaiah 41:21-23; etc.
[2] See Proverbs 25:2-3; Deuteronomy 29:29
[3] See “Hebrew Word Pictures” by Frank T Seekins; “Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament” by Gesenius; “Hebrew Chaldee Dictionary to the Old Testament” by A. Harkavy
[4] Ga; 3:26-29; Eph 2:19