Reading through the Orthodox Jewish Bible in One Year:
Day Two - Bereshis 4: And HaAdam knew Chavah (Eve) his isha; and
she conceived, and bore Kayin (Cain), and said, Kaniti (I have acquired) ish
with Hashem.
2 And again she bore his ach Hevel (Abel). And Hevel was a ro’eh
tzon, but Kayin was an oved adamah (tiller of soil).
3 And in ketz yamim it came to pass, that Kayin brought of the
p’ri haadamah a minchah unto Hashem.
4 And Hevel, he also brought of the bechorot of his tzon and of
the chelev thereof. And Hashem regarded [with favor, respect] unto Hevel and to
his minchah:
5 But unto Kayin and to his minchah He had not regard . And
Kayin was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6 And Hashem said unto Kayin, Why art thou angry? And why is thy
countenance fallen?
7 If thou doest right, shalt thou not be accepted? And if thou
doest not right, chattat croucheth at the petach. And unto thee shall be its
teshukah (desire), and thou must rule over it.
8 And Kayin talked with Hevel his brother; and it came to pass,
when they were in the sadeh, that Kayin rose up against Hevel his brother, and
killed him.
9 And Hashem said unto Kayin, Where is Hevel thy brother? And he
said, I know not; am I shomer achi (my brother’s keeper)?
10 And He said, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother’s
dahm crieth unto Me from haadamah.
11 And now art thou arur (cursed) from haadamah, which hath
opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s dahm from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest haadamah, it shall not henceforth yield
unto thee her ko’ach (strength); na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer,
nomad) shalt thou be in ha’aretz.
13 And Kayin said unto Hashem, My avon (iniquity, punishment for
guilt) is greater than I can bear.
14 See, Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the
adamah; and from Thy face shall I be hidden and I shall be a na (restless
fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) in ha’aretz; and it shall come to pass,
that whoever findeth me shall kill me.
15 And Hashem said unto him, Therefore whoever killeth Kayin,
vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And Hashem placed an ot (mark) upon
Kayin, so that none finding him should kill him.
16 And Kayin went out from the presence of Hashem, and dwelt in
Eretz Nod, east of Eden.
17 And Kayin knew his isha; and she conceived, and bore Chanokh
(Enoch); and he built an ir (city), and called the shem of the ir, after the
shem beno, Chanokh (Enoch).
18 And unto Chanokh (Enoch) was born Irad; and Irad fathered
Mechuyael; and Mechuyael fathered Metushael; and Metushael fathered Lamech.
19 And Lamech took unto him two nashim; the shem of the one was
Adah, and the shem of the second Tzilah.
20 And Adah bore Yaval; he was the av of such as dwell in ohel,
and have mikneh.
21 And his brother’s shem was Yuval; he was the av of all such
as play kinnor (harp) and ugav (flute).
22 And Tzilah, she also bore Tuval-Kayin, a forger of every
cutting tool of nechoshet and barzel; and the achot of Tuval-Kayin was Naamah.
23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Tzilah, Hear my
voice; ye wives of Lamech, give heed to my speech; for I have slain an ish for
my wounding, and a yeled for my chabburah (see Ga.6:17).
24 If Kayin (Cain) shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech
seventy and seven times over.
25 And Adam knew his isha again; and she bore a ben, and called
shmo Shet; for Elohim, said she, hath appointed me another zera in place of
Hevel, whom Kayin killed.
26 And to Shet, to him also there was born a ben; and he called
shmo Enosh; then began men to call upon the Shem of Hashem.
5: This is the Sefer Toldot Adam. In the yom that barah Elohim
Adam, in the demut Elohim He made him;
2 Zakhar and nekevah He created them; and blessed them, and
called the shem of them "Adam," in the yom when they were created.
3 And Adam lived a hundred and thirty shanah and fathered in his
own demut and after his tzelem (image) and called shmo Shet:
4 And the days of Adam after he had fathered Shet were shemoneh
me’ot shanah; and he fathered banim and banot:
5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty
shanah: and he died.
6 And Shet lived a hundred and five shanah, and fathered Enosh;
7 And Shet lived after he fathered Enosh eight hundred and seven
shanah, and fathered banim and banot:
8 And all the days of Shet were nine hundred and twelve shanah;
and he died.
9 And Enosh lived ninety shanah, and fathered Kenan;
10 And Enosh lived after he fathered Kenan eight hundred and
fifteen shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
11 And all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five shanim;
and he died.
12 And Kenan lived seventy shanah and fathered Mahalal’el;
13 And Kenan lived after he fathered Mahalal’el eight hundred
and forty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
14 And all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten shanim;
and he died.
15 And Mahalal’el lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered
Yered;
16 And Mahalal’el lived after he fathered Yered eight hundred
and thirty shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
17 And all the days of Mahalal’el were eight hundred ninety and
five shanah; and he died.
18 And Yered lived a hundred sixty and two shanah, and he
fathered Chanoch (Enoch):
19 And Yered lived after he fathered Chanoch (Enoch) eight
hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
20 And all the days of Yered were nine hundred sixty and two
shanah; and he died.
21 And Chanoch lived sixty and five shanah, and fathered
Metushelach;
22 And Chanoch walked with HaElohim after he fathered
Metushelach three hundred shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
23 And all the days of Chanoch were three hundred sixty and five
shanah;
24 And Chanoch walked with HaElohim; and he was not; for Elohim took
him.
25 And Metushelach lived a hundred eighty and seven shanah, and
fathered Lamech.
26 And Metushelach lived after he fathered Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
27 And all the days of Metushelach were nine hundred sixty and
nine shanah; and he died.
28 And Lamech lived a hundred eighty and two shanah and fathered
ben;
29 And he called shmo Noach, saying, Zeh yenachamenu (this shall
comfort us) in our work and toil of our hands, because of the adamah which
Hashem hath cursed.
30 And Lamech lived after he fathered Noach five hundred ninety
and five shanah, and fathered banim and banot;
31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and
seven shanah; and he died.
32 And Noach was five hundred years old; and Noach fathered
Shem, Cham, and Yephet.
6: And it came to pass, when HaAdam began to multiply on the
face of ha’adamah, and banot were born unto them,
2 That the bnei HaElohim saw the banot HaAdam that they were
tovot; and they took them nashim of all which they chose.
3 And Hashem said, My Ruach [Hakodesh] shall not always strive
with Adam, for that he also is basar: yet his yamim shall be a hundred and
twenty shanah.
4 HaNefilim were on ha’aretz in those yamim; and also after
that, when the bnei HaElohim came in unto the banot HaAdam, and they bore
children to them, the same became gibborim which were of old, men of renown.
5 And Hashem saw that the wickedness of HaAdam was great in
ha’aretz and that every yetzer (inclination) of the machshevot (thoughts) of
his lev was only rah (evil) continually.
6 And Hashem relented that He had made HaAdam on ha’aretz, and
He was hurt in His lev.
7 And Hashem said, I will wipe out HaAdam whom I have created
from the face of ha’adamah; both Adam, and Behemah, and the Remes and the Oph
HaShomayim; for I relent that I have made them.
8 But Noach found chen (grace, unmerited favor) in the eyes of
Hashem.
[NOACH]
9 These are the toldot of Noach; Noach was an ish tzaddik and
tamim among those of his time, and Noach’s halachah was with HaElohim.
10 And Noach fathered three banim: Shem, Cham, and Yephet.
11 Ha’aretz also was corrupt before HaElohim, and ha’aretz was
filled with chamas.
12 And Elohim looked upon ha’aretz, and, hinei, it was corrupt;
for kol basar had corrupted his derech upon ha’aretz.
13 And Elohim said unto Noach, The ketz (end) of kol basar is
come before Me; for ha’aretz is filled with chamas because of them; and,
hineni, I will destroy them with ha’aretz.
14 Make thee a tevah (ark) of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make
in the tevah (ark), and shalt coat it within and without with tar.
15 And this is how thou shalt build it: the length of the tevah
(ark) shall be three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the
height of it thirty cubits.
16 A roof shalt thou make to the tevah (ark), and thou shalt
finish it to a cubit from the top; and the door of the tevah (ark) shalt thou
set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third decks shalt thou make
it.
17 And, hineni, I, even I, do bring a mabbul of waters upon
ha’aretz, to destroy kol basar, wherein is the ruach chayyim, from under
Shomayim; and everything that is in ha’aretz shall perish.
18 But with thee will I establish My brit (covenant); and thou
shalt come into the tevah (ark), thou, and thy banim, and thy isha, and the
nashim of thy banim with thee.
19 And of every living thing of kol basar, two of every kind
shalt thou bring into the tevah (ark), to keep them alive with thee; they shall
be zachar and nekevah.
20 Of birds after their kind, and of behemah after their kind,
of every remes of ha’adamah after its kind, two of every kind shall come unto
thee, to keep them alive.
21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou
shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for ochel for thee, and for them.
22 Thus did Noach; according to all that Elohim commanded him,
so did he.
Mattityahu 2: Now after Yehoshua was born in Beit-Lechem
Yehudah, in the days of Herod [the Great, the Roman client] king‖hinei!‖chachamim from eretz Mizrach (the land of the East) arrived in
Yerushalayim,
2 saying, Where is he that is born Melech HaYehudim? For we have
seen his KOCHAV (star, Num 24:17) in the Mizrach and come to fall down before
him.
3 Because Herod the king heard this, he was terribly shaken, and
all Yerushalayim with him.
4 And assembling all the Rashei Hakohanim and Sofrim of the
people, he inquired of them the place where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was to be
born.
5 They told him, In Beit-Lechem Yehudah; because so it stands
written by the Navi:
6 And YOU, BEIT-LECHEM, (Bethlehem, Mic 5:1[2]) in eretz Yehudah
are by no means least among the shtetlach (towns) or ruling [alafim] of
Yehudah; because out of you will come a Moshel (Ruler) who will be the Ro’eh
Ami Yisroel.
7 Then Herod secretly summoned the chachamim and ascertained
from them the exact date of the manifestation of the KOCHAV.
8 Then he sent them to Beth-Lechem, saying, Go and make a
thorough search for the yeled (child); as soon as you have found him, report to
me, so that I, as you, may come and fall down before him.
9 After they heard the king, they departed, and hinei! The
KOCHAV they had seen in the Mizrach (East) was going ahead of them until it
came and stood above the place where the yeled was.
10 When they saw the KOCHAV, they rejoiced with exceedingly
great nachas (joy).
11 And, entering the bais (house), they beheld the yeled with
Miryam, his Em, and prostrated themselves before him. Then, opening their
treasure chests, they offered gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
12 And having been warned in a chalom (dream) not to return to
Herod, they took refuge in their own country by another way.
13 And when they’d gone—hinei! –a malach Hashem appeared to
Yosef [Ben Dovid] in a chalom (dream), saying, Arise, and take the yeled and
his Em, and flee to Eretz Mitzrayim (Egypt), and stay there until I tell you,
for Herod is about to seek the yeled to destroy him.
14 So, having got up, Yosef [ben Dovid] took the yeled, and his
Em by night and departed for Eretz Mitzrayim.
15 And Yosef [ben Dovid] was there until the mot Herod. This was
to fulfill what had been spoken by Hashem through the Navi, UMIMITZRAYIM KARATI
LIVNI (Out of Egypt have I called my Son, HOSHEA 11:1).
16 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the chachamim,
he was greatly enraged, and he ordered the slaughter of all the yeladim in
Beit-Lechem and its vicinity who were two years old or under, in accordance
with the time that he had learned from the chachamim.
17 Then came the fulfillment of what was spoken through Yirmeyah
HaNavi:
18 KOL BRAMAH NISHMAH (A voice was heard in Ramah, Jer
31:14[15]), a voice of bitter weeping and mourning. Rachel is crying for her
yeladim; she refuses to be comforted, because they are no more.
19 When Herod died, hinei, in Eretz Mitzrayim a malach Hashem
appeared to Yosef [ben Dovid] in a chalom (dream),
20 saying, Arise, and take the yeled and his Em and go to Eretz
Yisroel, for those seeking the life of the yeled are dead.
21 And Yosef [ben Dovid] arose and took the yeled and his Em,
and entered Eretz Yisroel.
22 And when Yosef [ben Dovid] heard that Archelaus had succeeded
his father Herod as king of Yehudah, Yosef [ben Dovid] was afraid to go there.
And, having been warned in a chalom, he departed into the districts of the
Galil.
23 And Yosef [ben Dovid] made his home in the shtetl (Jewish
village) called Natzeret, so that which was spoken by the Neviim might be
fulfilled: He will be called a Natzri [i.e., Moshiach the Netzer,Tzemach, Isa
11:1; Jer 23:5; Zech 3:8; Isa 53:2; Zech 6:11-12].
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