Call to be an Abary?

Gen14:13 Then a fugitive came and told to Abram the Hebrew (Abary) . Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these had a covenant with Abram. 

The first time the scriptures record Abram as 'Abary', does this mean that Abram was the first Hebrew (Abary)? Before we look at what 'Abary'means (Modern Hebrew translation is Ibri ) and how this term derived let's look at 'Abary' in Paleo Hebrew.

Ayin Bet Resh Yod : Abary

Ayin: Eye as in Seeing

            Bet:  family of the house

  Resh: First head man 

Yod: Hand as in work

Put together "Seeing the family of the firsthead man's work"

The word 'ABRY' in the above picture is without vowel points. We will see the spiritual meaning of 'Abary' in this study.

Since Abraham was the father of all nations scriptures record him as being a Hebrew directly but when we examine scripture Abraham was the great great grandson of Noach. Since the flesh counts for nothing we do not define Hebrew physically but spiritually.

Gen 10:21 To Shem was born, also to him, the father of all the children of Eber (Abar), and the older brother of Japheth.

The word 'Abary' comes from Noah's grandson 'Abar' whose father was Shem and Abraham was the great great grandson of Noah.

Not much detail is given about any of the specific individuals listed in Genesis Chapter 10 aside from which “branch” of the sons of Noach they descended from and then who descended from them. But in verses 8-10 we encounter a man by the name of Nimrod whom the Bible tells us was a “mighty hunter before Yahuah.” The idea of the language here seems to be that Nimrod “set his face” against Yahuah. He stood in opposition against Alahim. And the “prey” upon which he hunted was not deer and wild game, but the souls of men. Nimrod is a shadow, a spiritual predecessor of the Antichrist the ruler of the kingdom of Babylon. Nimrod sought to build for himself a kingdom, a government over which he himself would preside and rule over all the people of the Earth.

Gen 11:2 It came about as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Gen 11:3 And each one said to his neighbor, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. And it was the brick to them for stone, and it was the asphalt to them for mortar

Gen 11:4 They said, Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth  

The command Alahim gave Noach was to be fruitful and multiply, AND FILL THE EARTH.

Gen 9:1 And Alahim blessed Noach and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.  

Cush the son of Ham begot Nimrod and the beginning of his kingdom was Babel.

Ge 10:8 And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth.

 9 He was a mighty hunter before Yahuah: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before Yahuah

 10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.

Nimrod got people to rebel against Alahim's command to fill the earth and gathered them to build an empire which would make a name reaching heaven.

Etymological analyses of the term "Hebrew" ( 'abary') have given little help to the study of origins. The term has been related to a root and spiritually means "to go over" or "to go across"; hence, a "Hebrew" would be one who crossed over or one who went from place to place, a pilgrim , a sojourner, a designation that would fit some aspects of patriarchal behavior.

Eber is said to have crossed over from Shinar (Babylon) to the hill country of the east before the Tower of Babel rebellion, away from the rule of Nimrod. In the wilderness, Eber and his people retained the Hebrew language while back in Babylon the rest of the languages were confused. We have biblical validation of this in Gen 10:30-31 of the settlements of the sons of Shem.

Gen10:30 Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east.

Gen10:31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations.

Gen10:25 Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Joktan. 

While people take a carnal meaning to say that the continents were divided in the days of Peleg for which there is no biblical validation, the only meaning we could sensibly understand is that in the days of Peleg the earth was divided in their families which came from Noah's three sons, Ham, Shem and Japheth.

From History: The Chaldeans were people who lived in southern Mesopotamia which would be the southern part of Iraq today. The term Chaldeansis which is used to refer to Babylonians actually refers to a specific semi-nomadic tribe that lived in the southern part of Babylon. The land of the Chaldeans was the southern portion of Mesopotamia. It was generally thought to be an area about 400 miles long and 100 miles wide alongside of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.The Chaldeans are mentioned multiple times in the Scriptures in both contexts. For example, Genesis 11:28 speaks of Abraham’s father Terah, who was from “Ur of the Chaldeans,” the specific tribe or people known as the Chaldeans. We know from verses such as Genesis 11:31 and Genesis 15:7 that Alahim called Abraham, a Chaldean, out of Ur of the Chaldeans so that Abraham would follow Alahim to the land that Alahim had promised to him and his descendants.

In 731 BC Ukinzer, a Chaldean, became king of Babylon; however, his reign was short-lived. A few years later Merodach-Baladan, also a Chaldean, became king over Babylon. Then in 626 BC Nabopolassar, another Chaldean, began what would be an extended period of time during which Babylon was ruled by a Chaldean king. During this time the word Chaldean became synonymous for Babylon, and we see many verses in Scripture where the word Chaldean was used to refer to Babylonians in general (Isaiah 13:19;47:1,5;48:14,20). Successors to Nabopolassar were Nebuchadnezzar, Amel-Marduk, Nabonidus and then Belshazzar, “king of the Chaldeans” (Daniel 5:30).

We read in Gen 10:30 that the children of Shem dwelt in Mesha (Mesopotamia) as one journeys unto Sephar a mount of the east. If you notice in the map above Sephar spelled as Sippar shows up in the Babylon Empire but scriptures do not record that Sippar was the beginning of Nimrod's empire, so it is evident that the Babylonian empire was progressing which is why the descendants of Shem went further away from the Babylonian empire (from Sippar).

Ge 11:27 ¶ Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.

 28 And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

 29 And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.

 30 But Sarai was barren; she had no child.

 31 And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there.

Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity in UR of the Chaldees, that's where Abraham dwelt (before the expansion of Babylonian Empire into UR of Chaldees) until his father Terah took him, his wife Sarai and Lot to go into the land of Canaan and came unto Haran and dwelt there.

It's interesting to note that it seems when Yahuah asked Abraham to go forth from his country and from his relatives and from his father's house he was already dwelling in Haran but when we consider Gen 12:1 & Gen 15: 7-8 we can see that the progression of the command Alahim gave Abraham . 1) he was to go forth from his country and relatives and Alahim influenced Terah to fulfill that. Terah took him and his wife and Lot and went to Haran.

Gen 12:1 Now Yahuah said to Abram, Go forth from your country, and from your relatives and from your father’s house, to the land which I will show you;

Ge 15:7 ¶ And he said unto him, I am Yahuah that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

Ge 15:8 And he said, Master Yahuah, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

2) He was to go forth from his father's house to the land which Yahuah said would show him. He left his father's house at Haran and not at UR and journeyed towards Canaan.

The above map shows Abraham's journey from Ur of Chaldees to Haran (along with Terah and his family) and from Haran he left behind his father's house.

Ge 12:4 ¶ So Abram departed, as Yahuah had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.

Abraham, Isaac and Jacob all 'crossed over' from their homeland towards the promise of Alahim rather than fight for their land, even when it meant leaving behind their extended families.

Heb 13:12 Therefore Yahusha also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.  

Heb 13:13 So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

Heb 13:14 For here we do not have a lasting city, but we seek the city which is to come.   

We saw the definition of 'Abary' in pictographs:  "Seeing the family of the firsthead man's work" and this work is of Messiah in getting his family to 'cross over' away from Babylon.

Rev18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her (Mystery Babylon), my people, so that you shall not participate in her sins and that receive not of her plagues;  

Our journey should be in the footsteps of our fathers i.e. to cross over and that is being a true 'Abary' (Hebrew).

Gen 12:6 Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land

Please refer to the map above. 

Gen 12:8 Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Yahuah and called upon the name of Yahuah.

Gen 12:9 Abram journeyed on going, continuing toward the Negev. 

Please refer to the map above

Gen 12:10 Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Mits'rayim (Egypt) to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land.  

Ge 12:19 Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Ge 13:3 And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

 4 Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the Yahuah

This journey of Abraham has a lot of spiritual significance. Consider the following prophecy:

Ho 11:1 ¶ When Yisharal was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Mits'rayim (Egypt).

Ex 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Yahuah, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:

 23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Mt 2:14 When he arose, he took the young child (Yahusha) and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:

 15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of Yahuah by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Heb 11:9 By faith he (Abraham) sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is Alahim.

Heb 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Heb 11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.

 Heb 11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

 Heb 11:16 But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore Alahim is not ashamed to be called their Alahim: for he hath prepared for them a city.

In comparing scriptures we see Abraham and his seed Yisharal in a journey of crossing over  in the Messiah and this crossing over is to the Heavenly Jerusalem. Hence being an Abary is "Seeing the family of the firsthead man's work". In him all the families of the earth chosen for salvation are blessed. The call is to come out of the confusion of Babylon and Egypt (Greek-Roman culture) into the Hebraic roots in a journey in the Messiah to the promised land i.e. the heavenly country.

I am a Hebrew (Hebrew word: ABARY) and I have crossed over from the ways of the world, from doctrines of men and man made traditions into biblical truth, have you?