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| [[File:Slavejoseph.jpg|center|thumb|As you judge so shall ye be judged. Jealousy and envy enticed the brothers to abuse and deliver Joseph into [[bondage]] out of their pride. As a result they themselves would go into [[bondage]]. But they would live in that bondage for 400 years then they would be taught how to be a free people.]]
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|1V "and offered (וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח wayyizbaḥ, VavYodZaynBeitMem)<Ref name="zabach">{{02076}}</ref> [[sacrifices]] (זְבָחִ֔ים zə-ḇā-ḥîm, ZaynBeitHeyYodMem)<Ref name="zebach">{{02077}}</ref>" at [[Beersheba]]<Ref name="Beersheba">{{0884}}</Ref> the "well of satisfaction". That satisfaction comes from a sacrifice by the way of the [[Yod]], the divine spark and revelation of God.
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|1V Jacob was led to "offer (וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח wayyizbaḥ, VavYodZaynBeitMem)<Ref name="zabach">{{02076}}</ref> [[sacrifices]] (זְבָחִ֔ים zə-ḇā-ḥîm, ZaynBeitHeyYodMem)<Ref name="zebach">{{02077}}</ref>" at [[Beersheba]]<Ref name="Beersheba">{{0884}}</Ref> the "well of satisfaction".<Ref>[[John 4]]:13  Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14  But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
15  The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.</Ref> That satisfaction comes from a sacrifice by [[the way]] of the [[Yod]] of [[righteousness]], the [[divine will|divine spark]] and [[Word of God|revelation of God]]. Jacob had to accept the will of the God of his fathers over his own will to become [[Israel]].
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|The Hebrew name [[Simeon]]<Ref name="Shimown">{{08095}}</Ref> comes from the Hebrew word shema<Ref name="shama">{{08085}}</Ref>., which means "to hear" or "to listen". Does Simeon hear God and will God hear him?
|The Hebrew name [[Simeon]]<Ref name="Shimown">{{08095}}</Ref> comes from the Hebrew word shema<Ref name="shama">{{08085}}</Ref>., which means "to hear" or "to listen". Does Simeon hear God and will God hear him?
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| The Hebrew name [[Levi]] means "joined" or "adhered" or even "to borrow" in a sense of freely given and freely give.
 
The [[Levites]] were set apart<Ref name="levitemine">{{levitemine}}</Ref> for [[sacred]] religious [[religion|duties]] including a functioning [[social safety net]] in their system of [[altars]] of [[clay and stone]] established [[Moses]] through a peculiar [[one form of government|form of government]] dependent upon [[freewill offering]] which make the [[word of God]] to effect.
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|That cruelty is associated with the true meaning of [[Leaven]].<Ref name="leavenp">{{leavenp}}</Ref>
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|The [[leaven]] of the [[Pharisees]] and [[Herod]] produced a [[corban]] that made the [[word of God]] to ''none'' effect because it cultivated the [[covetous practices]] of the [[world]] which is [[idolatry]].<Ref name="Isidolatry">{{Isidolatry}}</Ref>[[Levi]]
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| Judah and his brothers were jealous of their younger brother Joseph  selling him into slavery. Yet, eventually [[Judah]] offered himself to protect Benjamin and may have led his brothers in their attempts to find and free Joseph.
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| The name [[Issachar]] can mean "man of hire" or "there is reward". [[Issachar]] was anointed with the ability to understand the times so that one can know what God's people ought to do  and how they fit in the plan of God.
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|The name [[Zebulun]] means "dwelling" or "habitation". It comes from the Hebrew word zabal, which means "to dwell" but could also mean "to bestow". Others suggest that it comes from the word yizbeleni, which means "honor".
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| The text of Genesis implies that the name [[Gad]] means “luck”/“fortunate” and some will say it means "soldier". But the meaning goes far deeper and is also suggested to mean "to walk about" or even wonder off idly.
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| Jacob loved his sons but they did not understand yet what it meant to be Israel. Did Jacob understand that if his sons were going to become Israel they would need to be brought into the ''house of bondage'', [[Egypt]]?
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|Why were they kicked out of one system of Corban if they got the [[Baptism]] of [[Jesus]] the [[Christ]]?
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As you judge so shall ye be judged. Jealousy and envy enticed the brothers to abuse and deliver Joseph into bondage out of their pride. As a result they themselves would go into bondage. But they would live in that bondage for 400 years then they would be taught how to be a free people.
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1V Jacob was led to "offer (וַיִּזְבַּ֣ח wayyizbaḥ, VavYodZaynBeitMem)[1] sacrifices (זְבָחִ֔ים zə-ḇā-ḥîm, ZaynBeitHeyYodMem)[2]" at Beersheba[3] the "well of satisfaction".[4] That satisfaction comes from a sacrifice by the way of the Yod of righteousness, the divine spark and revelation of God. Jacob had to accept the will of the God of his fathers over his own will to become Israel.
Reuben, Jacob's firstborn by his natural generations.
The Hebrew name Simeon[5] comes from the Hebrew word shema[6]., which means "to hear" or "to listen". Does Simeon hear God and will God hear him?
The Hebrew name Levi means "joined" or "adhered" or even "to borrow" in a sense of freely given and freely give.

The Levites were set apart[7] for sacred religious duties including a functioning social safety net in their system of altars of clay and stone established Moses through a peculiar form of government dependent upon freewill offering which make the word of God to effect.

That cruelty is associated with the true meaning of Leaven.[8]
The leaven of the Pharisees and Herod produced a corban that made the word of God to none effect because it cultivated the covetous practices of the world which is idolatry.[9]Levi
Judah and his brothers were jealous of their younger brother Joseph selling him into slavery. Yet, eventually Judah offered himself to protect Benjamin and may have led his brothers in their attempts to find and free Joseph.
The name Issachar can mean "man of hire" or "there is reward". Issachar was anointed with the ability to understand the times so that one can know what God's people ought to do and how they fit in the plan of God.
The name Zebulun means "dwelling" or "habitation". It comes from the Hebrew word zabal, which means "to dwell" but could also mean "to bestow". Others suggest that it comes from the word yizbeleni, which means "honor".
The text of Genesis implies that the name Gad means “luck”/“fortunate” and some will say it means "soldier". But the meaning goes far deeper and is also suggested to mean "to walk about" or even wonder off idly.
Asher comes from the Hebrew word osher, which means "happiness".
Questions
What was the significance of Jacob's offering[1] and sacrifice[2] at Beersheba?[3]
Jacob loved his sons but they did not understand yet what it meant to be Israel. Did Jacob understand that if his sons were going to become Israel they would need to be brought into the house of bondage, Egypt?
What is the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod?
Why were they kicked out of one system of Corban if they got the Baptism of Jesus the Christ?
How could their government program of corban make the word of God to none effect?
If you were baptized by the apostles and kicked out of the Corban of the temple controlled by the pharisees was their a Corban of Christ?
Is that why they were rightly dividing bread from house to house in a daily ministration of righteousness?
If it cultivated the covetous practices of the world which is idolatry[9] though they called themself Jews were they actually engaged in a form of Paganism that was a snare and a trap?
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Beersheba sacrifice and vision

1 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba[3], and offered[1] sacrifices[2] unto the God of his father Isaac.

2 And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

3 And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation:

4 I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.

Jacob rose up

5 And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him.

6 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him:

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

Reuben

8 And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn.

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

Simeon

10 And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman.

Levi

11 And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Judah

12 And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zerah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul.

Issachar

13 And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

Zebulun

14 And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel.

15 These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three.

Gad

16 And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

Asher

17 And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel.

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls.

Sons of Rachel

19 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin.

Joseph

20 And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.

Benjamin

21 And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

22 These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen.

Sons of Bilhah

23 And the sons of Dan; Hushim.

24 And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven.

All the souls that came

26 All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six;

27 And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

28 And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.

29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive.

And shew Pharaoh

31 And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me;

32 And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.

33 And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation?

34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 02076 זָבַח‎ zabach \@zaw-bakh’\@ a primitive root ZayinBeitChet; v; {See TWOT on 525} AV-sacrifice 85, offer 39, kill 5, slay 5; 134
    1) to slaughter, kill, sacrifice, slaughter for sacrifice
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to slaughter for sacrifice
    1a2) to slaughter for eating
    1a3) to slaughter in divine judgment
    1b) (Piel) to sacrifice, offer sacrifice
    • ז Zayin The Service and Valor, cut and bread, war and nourish.
    • ב Beit Purpose: God Dwelling Place Below - from house or God's house here.
    • ח Chet The Life Force - Dynamic nature of live and give life.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 02077 זֶבַח‎ ZayinBeitChet zebach [zeh’-bakh] from verb 02076 134 times; n m; [BDB-257a] [{See TWOT on 525 @@ "525a" }] AV-sacrifice 155, offerings 6, offer 1; 162
    1) sacrifice
    1a) sacrifices of righteousness
    1b) sacrifices of strife
    1c) sacrifices to dead things
    1d) the covenant sacrifice
    1e) the passover
    1f) annual sacrifice
    1g) thank offering
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 3.2 0884 בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע‎ Bë’er Sheba‘ [be-ayr’ sheh’- bah] from 0875 בְּאֵר‎ a well from 0874 בָּאַר‎ make clear; and 07651 seven (in the sense of 07650 swear and oath mor adjure); n pr loc; [BDB-92a] [{See TWOT on 194 @@ "194d" }] AV-Beersheba 34; 34
    Beer-sheba= "well of the sevenfold oath"
    1) a city at the south edge of Israel
  4. John 4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
  5. 08085 שָׁמַע‎ shama‘ [shaw-mah’] a primitive root; v/n m; [BDB-1033a, BDB-1034b] [{See TWOT on 2412 }] [{See TWOT on 2412 @@ "2412a" }] AV-hear 785, hearken 196, obey 81, publish 17, understand 9, obedient 8, diligently 8, shew 6, sound 3, declare 3, discern 2, noise 2, perceive 2, tell 2, reported 2, misc 33; 1159 v
    1) to hear, listen to, obey
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
    1a2) to hear of or concerning
    1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
    1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
    1a5) to understand (language)
    1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
    1a7) to listen, give heed
    1a7a) to consent, agree
    1a7b) to grant request
    1a8) to listen to, yield to
    1a9) to obey, be obedient
    1b) (Niphal)
    : 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
    1b2) to be heard of
    1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
    1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
    1d) (Hiphil)
    1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
    1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
    1d3) to make proclamation, summon
    1d4) to cause to be heard
    • n m
    2) sound
  6. 08085 ^עמשׁ^ shama‘ \@shaw-mah’\@ a primitive root ShinMemAyin understand 9, obedient 8, diligently 8, shew 6, sound 3, declare 3, discern 2, noise 2, perceive 2, tell 2, reported 2, misc 33; 1159 v
    1) to hear, listen to, obey
    1a) (Qal)
    1a1) to hear (perceive by ear)
    1a2) to hear of or concerning
    1a3) to hear (have power to hear)
    1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to
    1a5) to understand (language)
    1a6) to hear (of judicial cases)
    1a7) to listen, give heed
    1a7a) to consent, agree
    1a7b) to grant request
    1a8) to listen to, yield to
    1a9) to obey, be obedient
    1b) (Niphal)
    1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound)
    1b2) to be heard of
    1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed
    1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon
    1d) (Hiphil)
    1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound
    1d2) to sound aloud (musical term)
    1d3) to make proclamation, summon
    1d4) to cause to be heard
    n m 2) sound
  7. Levites called to serve
    Exodus 32:26 "Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who [is] on the LORD’S side? [let him come] unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him."
    Numbers 3:12 "And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;"
    Numbers 3: 40 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 41 And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel... 45 Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD."
    Numbers 8:14 "Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine."
    Numbers 18:24 "But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer [as] an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance."
    Deuteronomy 26:13 "Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite , and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:"
    John 15:19 "If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you."
    John 17:14 "I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth."
    2 Corinthians 6:14 "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 17 "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate(873 aphorizo), saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you,"
  8. Bread of oppression
    Matthew 16:6 "Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees... 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning daily bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
    Mark 8:15 "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod."
    Matthew 16:11 "How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?"
    Mark 8:15 "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod."
    Luke 12:1 "In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy."
    Jesus and John the Baptist opposed the leaven of Herod, the Pharisees and of the Sadducees because they misinterpreted the way of Moses and the LORD. They collected the resources for their tables of welfare, their social safety net of free bread and care for the needy of society through forced offerings. Peter, Paul, David, and the prophets have been warned us that such covetous practices were setting a snare and a trap. Herod and the Pharisees had set up a system of legal charity rather than fervent charity which always makes the word of God to none effect so that Christ would say the kingdom of God shall be taken from them and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits. We should know that their system "degenerates" the "masses" until they become "perfect savages". Legal charity and its benefits and dainties provided through men who exercise authority are the wages of unrighteousness and the covetous practices that makes men merchandise and will curse children.
  9. Jump up to: 9.0 9.1 Covetousness is idolatry
    Colossians 3:5 "Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:"
    Ephesians 5:5 "For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God."
    1 Corinthians 5:10 "Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat."