B’SHALACH (when he let go)

Exodus 13:17 And it came to pass when let go Pharaoh את־ the people go, that Elohim led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; because Elohim said, Perhaps the people will change their minds when they see war and they will return to Egypt. C-MATS Question: Why did יהוה take his …

BO (Go)

  Exodus 10:1 And יהוה said to Moses, go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened את־ his heart וְאת־ and the heart of his servants, that I might show My signs before him: 2 And that you may tell your son and your son’s son, את what I have done in Egypt וְאת־ and My signs which I have …

VA’EIRA I appeared (to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob)

Exodus 6:2-3. And Elohim spoke to Moses and said to him, I am יהוה.  And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, by the name of El Shaddai, but by My name יהוה I was not known to them.  C-MATS Question: What was יהוה saying to Moses? יהוה rebuked Moses harshly: Many times I revealed Myself to Abraham, Isaac …

SHEMOT (names)

Exodus 1:1 Now these are the names of the Children of Israel, which came into Egypt with את Jacob; every man and his household came. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for …

VAYECHI (and he lived)

Genesis 47:28 And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt 17 years: so the number of Jacob’s years was 147 years. C-MATS Question: Why did Jacob continue to live in Egypt? Although Jacob’s original intention had been to live in Egypt only until the end of the famine, יהוה commanded him to remain here for the rest of his life. …