The death of the first born sons in Mitsrayim needs to be understood in a spiritual understanding in comparing with what scripture records as a witness in showing us the purpose of Yahuah.
Firstly we must see the death of the first born was a recompense to Pharaoh and his servants who killed all the sons who were born to Yasharalite women, he had commanded the Hebrew midwives to kill the sons but they feared Yahuah and they didn't kill them and hence, Pharaoh commanded ALL HIS PEOPLE to throw every son born to the Hebrews into the river.
Exo 1:22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”
Before the Mitsyarite could kill Masha, his mother hid him three months and then placed him in the basket and left him in the hands of Yahuah who delivered him as Pharoah's daughter took him to be her son, she named him Masha which in Hebrew means 'drawn out of water' and he was kept alive in a basket in the river.
For all the newborn Hebrew sons being drowned in the river, Yahuah recompensed them with the death of the firstborn right from Pharaoh's house to his slave and to his beast. But did the death of the firstborn began here and was this the only reason?
We know the the testing of Abraham when he was told to offer Yitshaq as an ascending offering, we see scripture recording:
First let us see the English translation which is so poor as its based on Modern Hebrew
Gen 22:1 And it came to be after these events that Aluahym tried Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Revised translation: Gen 22:1 And it came to be BEHIND/H310 𐤀𐤇𐤓 achar the words/dabaryam 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 H1697 of curse/oath/swearing 𐤀𐤋𐤄 that Aluahym tried alaph tau Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
The English translation ignore the words dabar and translates 'alah' as 'these' whereas the Masoretes vowel points gives the same word 'alah' different meanings
'alah 𐤀𐤋𐤄' H423 From H422; an imprecation: - curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
Firstly we must see the death of the first born was a recompense to Pharaoh and his servants who killed all the sons who were born to Yasharalite women, he had commanded the Hebrew midwives to kill the sons but they feared Yahuah and they didn't kill them and hence, Pharaoh commanded ALL HIS PEOPLE to throw every son born to the Hebrews into the river.
Exo 1:22 And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”
For all the newborn Hebrew sons being drowned in the river, Yahuah recompensed them with the death of the firstborn right from Pharaoh's house to his slave and to his beast. But did the death of the firstborn began here and was this the only reason?
We know the the testing of Abraham when he was told to offer Yitshaq as an ascending offering, we see scripture recording:
First let us see the English translation which is so poor as its based on Modern Hebrew
Gen 22:1 And it came to be after these events that Aluahym tried Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
Revised translation: Gen 22:1 And it came to be BEHIND/H310 𐤀𐤇𐤓 achar the words/dabaryam 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 H1697 of curse/oath/swearing 𐤀𐤋𐤄 that Aluahym tried alaph tau Aḇraham, and said to him, “Aḇraham!” And he said, “Here I am.”
The English translation ignore the words dabar and translates 'alah' as 'these' whereas the Masoretes vowel points gives the same word 'alah' different meanings
'alah 𐤀𐤋𐤄' H423 From H422; an imprecation: - curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
The curse/oath/swearing was binding on the firstborn
Luk 3:38 of Enosh, of Shĕth, of Aḏam, son of Aluahym.
In the genealogy Adam is listed to be son of Aluahym, because he sinned the ground was cursed because of him
Gen 3:17 And unto A’dam he said, Because you have hearkened unto the voice of your woman, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;
Gen 3:18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat את eth-the herb of the field;
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return unto the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and unto dust shall you return.
Aluahym who in his kindness and pre-determined counsel prepared the firstborn of all creation to bear the swearing/curse/oath
Col 1:15 who is the likeness of the invisible Elohim, the first-born of all creation.
Col 1:16 Because in Him were created all that are in the heavens and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or rulerships or principalities or authorities – all have been created through Him and for Him.
Col 1:17 And He is before all, and in Him all hold together.
The Torah which came much later came with the barakath/abundance and the qalal/curses as Yasharal entered unto the barakat on Mt Gerezim and the qalal on Mt Aybal, this was carried out and fulfilled by Yahushua as he made the people of Yasharal to proclaim the barakath and the qalal and the people entered into the barakath and qalal by their swearing.
Deu 27:1 And Mosheh, with the elders of Yisra’ĕl, commanded the people, saying, “Guard all the commands which I am commanding you today.
Deu 27:2 “And it shall be, on the day when you pass over the Yardĕn to the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, that you shall set up for yourselves large stones, and plaster them with plaster,
Deu 27:3 and write on them all the Words of this Torah, when you have passed over, so that you go into the land which יהוה your Elohim is giving you, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey,’ as יהוה Elohim of your fathers has spoken to you.
Deu 27:4 “And it shall be, when you have passed over the Yardĕn, that on Mount Ěyḇal you set up these stones, which I command you today, and you shall plaster them with plaster,
Deu 27:5 and build an altar to יהוה your Elohim there, an altar of stones – do not use an iron tool on them.
Deu 27:6 “Build the altar of יהוה your Elohim with complete stones, and you shall offer burnt offerings on it to יהוה your Elohim,
Deu 27:7 and shall offer peace offerings, and eat there, and rejoice before יהוה your Elohim.
Deu 27:8 “And you shall write all the Words of this Torah on the stones – plainly and well.”
Curses from Mount Ebal
Deu 27:9 And Mosheh and the priests, the Lĕwites, spoke to all Yisra’ĕl, saying, “Be silent and hear, O Yisra’ĕl: This day you have become the people of יהוה your Elohim,
Deu 27:10 and you shall obey the voice of יהוה your Elohim, and do His commands and His laws which I command you today.”
Deu 27:11 And Mosheh commanded the people on that day, saying,
Deu 27:12 “These are to stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Yardĕn: Shimʽon, and Lĕwi, and Yahuḏah, and Yissasḵar, and Yahusaph, and Binyamin.
Deu 27:13 “And these are to stand on Mount Ěyḇal to curse: Re’uḇĕn, Gaḏ, and Ashĕr, and Zeḇulun, Dan, and Naphtali.
Deu 27:14 “And the Lĕwites shall speak with a loud voice and say to all the men of Yisra’ĕl:
Deu 27:15 ‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved or moulded image, an abomination to יהוה, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:16 ‘Cursed is he who makes light of his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbour’s boundary.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:18 ‘Cursed is he who misleads the blind in the way.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who twists the right-ruling of the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:20 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s bed.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:21 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any beast.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:22 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:23 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:24 ‘Cursed is he who smites his neighbour secretly.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:25 ‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent being.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Deu 27:26 ‘Cursed is he who does not establish the Words of this Torah.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amĕn!’
Jos 8:32 And there, in the presence of the children of Yisra’ĕl, he wrote on the stones a copy of the Torah of Mosheh, which he had written.
Jos 8:33 And all Yisra’ĕl – the sojourner as well as the native – with their elders and officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the priests, the Lĕwites, who bore the ark of the covenant of יהוה. Half of them were in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ěyḇal, as Mosheh the servant of יהוה had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Yisra’ĕl.
Jos 8:34 And afterward he read all the words of the Torah, the blessings and the cursings, according to all that is written in the Book of the Torah.
Gerezim 𐤂𐤓𐤆𐤉𐤌 H1630 is from the root word 'garaz 𐤂𐤓𐤆' H1629 which means 'cut off' & here later the Samaritans dwelt, and we can see the woman at the well telling Yahusha (John 4) that their fathers worshipped on this mountain.
Eybal 𐤏𐤉𐤁𐤋 H5858 means bare/bald.
Speaking about Torah of belief vs the Torah of letter Shaul the emissary speaks of Mashiyach becoming the curse for us to redeem us from the curse/swearing we entered into keeping the letter. The curse/qalal is broken in Mashiyach as we receive the Ruach who writes the Torah of belief in our hearts and our minds
Gal 3:11 And that no one is declared right by Torah before Elohim is clear, for “The righteous shall live by belief.”
Gal 3:12 And the Torah is not of belief, but “The man who does them shall live by them.”
Gal 3:13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse/qalal 𐤒𐤋𐤋 for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.”
Gal 3:14 in order that the blessing of Aḇraham might come upon the nations in Messiah יהושע, to receive the promise of the Ruach through belief.
Coming back to Abraham the father of all guym/nations Yahuah behind the words of swearing/oath/curses that Aluahym tried alaph tau Aḇraham and asked him to offer his only son Yitshaq as an ascending offering
Gen 22:2 And He said, “Take your son, now, your only son Yitsḥaq, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriyah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I command you.”
And he obeyed the voice of Yahuah and as he was to slay his son Yitshaq, the Messenger of Yahuah called to him out of heaven not to touch the lad and he saw a ram caught by its horns in the thickets and offered it in the place of his son and named the place Yahuah Yarah
Gen 22:14 And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘יהוה Yarah,’ as it is said to this day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.”
Yahuah Yarah H3070: From H3068/Yahuah and H7200/raah where 'raah' actually means to appear. With a yod before raah would make it 'He will appear'
Yahuah Yarah 'Yahuah, He will appear'
Scripture records that Abraham was told to go on one of the mountains on Mt Moriyah to offer Yitshaq, we have scripture recording that Shelemoh built the house of Yahuah at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, and Golgotha was on MT Moriyah just outside the temple city Yerushalayim where our Savior Yahusha was impaled. Those who refuse to see his divinity must compare the events to see Abraham named the place 'Yahuah, He will be seen'
2Ch 3:1 And Shelomoh began to build the House of יהוה at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where He appeared to his father Dawiḏ, at the place that Dawiḏ had prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇusite.
2Ch 3:2 And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Thus the ram which was offered in place of Yitshaq was symbolic of Yahusha who was the firstborn who offered himself in place of Yitshaq the promised seed.
Gal 4:28 And we, brothers, as Yitsḥaq was, are children of promise.
In the Mitsrayite culture the firstborn son had absolute power within the family unit. Pharaoh was the first-born of the first-born of the first-born. It was from this birthright that he could exercise power.
Hos 11:1 “When Yasharal was a child, I loved him, and out of Mitsrayim I called My son.
He revealed His intention of whom He called out of Mitsrayim, while Yasharal seemed to be the firstborn son of Aluahym, it was Yahusha Himself who was the firstborn who took the death penalty and Yasharal in HIM who share in the likeness of his death (Gal 2:20), to bring Yasharal out of Mitsrayim
Mat 2:13 And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”
Mat 2:14 And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,
Mat 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.
In the killing of the two witnesses (the Torah and the Nebim) its mentioned that the present Yerushalayim is spiritually called Sodom and Mitsrayim
Rev 11:7 And when they have ended their witness, the beast coming up out of the pit of the deep shall fight against them, and overcome them, and kill them,
Rev 11:8 and their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Seḏom and Mitsrayim, where also our Master was impaled,
While all this may sound confusing, if we understand the meaning of ''Out of Mistrayim I have called My Son'' then we would understand Yahuah's pre-determinate counsel in Yasharal's redemption. The redemption from literal house of bondage/slavery was a fore-shadow of the actual need of Yasharal's redemption from the slavery of sin for Yasharal entered into the swearing/oath/curses of the words/dabaryam of Aluahym and he had to be tested to bring him out
Speaking of the 2 covenants Shaul the emissary let's us know that the present Yerushalayim is Hagar who is in slavery with her children. The slavery was to the swearing/oath/curses of the Torah which is not from belief which brought the death penalty for disobedience to it
Gal 4:24 This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar,
Gal 4:25 for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇia, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children.
Gal 4:26 But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.
In Revelation 11 the two witnesses i.e. the Torah and the Nebim were killed in the great city i.e. Yerushalayim which is spiritually tied up with Sodom and Mitsrayim where our Master was impaled, the two witnesses after the Ruach of life entered them after the space of three and a half days which correspond to time/muaed, times/muaedim and chatsay/half or dividing of time (see Daniel 12:7) where muaedim is the same word used for Yahuah's appointed times. The living creature/beast made war and killed the truthful testimony keeping alive the carnal letter occupying which has the swearing/oath/curses, this is signified by some from the peoples, tribes and tongues and nations seeing the death of the truthful witness and rejoicing and exulting over the Torahlessness of belief and giving gifts to one another just as carnal Yasharal does by greeting one another during the appointed times not understanding the spiritual aspects of the appointed times in dispersion.
Rev 11:9 and some of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their dead bodies for three and a half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be placed into tombs,
Rev 11:10 and those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and exult. And they shall send gifts to each other, because these two prophets tortured those dwelling on the earth.
Rev 11:11 And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from Aluahym entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
Rev 11:12 And they heard a loud voice from the heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up into the heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
Dan 12:6 And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the end of these wonders?”
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, and he held up his right hand and his left hand to the heavens, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it would be for a time/muaed, times/muaedim, and half a time/chatsay. And when they have ended scattering the power of the set-apart people, then all these shall be completed.
Lev 23:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘The appointed times/muaedim H4150 of יהוה, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these:
''Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son'' finds its fulfillment in the Ruach of life entering and reviving the truthful heavenly pattern which is signified by the two witnesses standing on their feet and entering heaven in a cloud (Rev 11:12). The cloud is a cloud of witness and is a type showing how the Master ascended into heaven in a cloud and disappeared from the sight of the talmidim. The scroll of Revelation is filled with imageries and shouldn't be carnally interpreted. I have heard a lot of carnal interpretations that during Tribulation period Yahuah will send Eliyah and Chanuk as they were taken alive into heaven and they are the two end time witnesses. Daniel prophesied of these events as troublesome times for Yasharal as Ruachot/Spiritual Yasharal lies in dispersion with His testimony killed while the carnal Yasharal is active giving allegiance to the letter which kills, they are occupied in literal/carnal things which bring death as they come under the swearing/oath/curses to keep the letter.
1Co 10:1 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
1Co 10:2 and all were immersed into Mosheh in the cloud and in the sea,
1Co 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food,
1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed, and the Rock was Messiah.
Our fathers were immersed in the cloud and in the sea into Masha, this immersion was a type and spiritually pointed to the immersion in Mashiyach. So none of Yasharal is left out of this immersion.
Coming back to the firstborn , the Midrash states that the intention to kill the firstborn in Mitsrayim was made to Masha at the burning bush
Ex 4:21 Yahuah said to Mosheh, When you go to return to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand; but I shall harden his heart so that he shall not let the people go.
Ex 4:22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says Yahuah, Yisra’El is My son, My firstborn
Ex 4:23 And I said to you, Let My son go that he may serve Me; and/uau you refused/taman 𐤕𐤌𐤍 to let him go. Behold, I shall kill your son, your firstborn.
Moses didn’t repeat what Aluahym told him to say (Exo 4:22-23) to Pharaoh at their first meeting. One might expect those words to be said right before the tenth plague, the slaying of the Egyptian firstborn. But they are not mentioned there either but contextually he must have told Pharaoh at the exact time before the 10th plague began. Note also that Aluahym said, “and you refused to let him go,” The phrase in Abary is in the past tense (uau-taman), even though most translations incorrectly use the conditional future (“if you will refuse…then…”)
I have touched based in detail on this in my study 'Whom did Aluahym come to kill and when? Exodus 4:18-27'. The link is pasted below:
Tents of Shem: Whom did Aluahym come to kill and when? Exodus 4:18-27 (dsouzashodan72.blogspot.com)
However, the Pharaoh (Ramsees II) that Masha withstood was not the firstborn or else he too would have been killed in the plague of the first born. In historical records he had an elder brother who was in line to become the next Pharaoh but when he was 14 years old, his older brother died, making him the heir to the throne. He was the son of Pharaoh Sethi 1 and was named after his grandfather Ramsees I
Ramsees I had a daughter who had drawn Masha out of many waters. Her name was Bathyah which means 'Daughter of Yah', a name bestowed to her after she identified herself with the sufferings of the people of Yahuah. It is unclear whether she was the firstborn of Pharaoh Ramsees I, historical records only state she was put away by her brother Sethi I for misrepresenting Masha to be an Egyptian child when he learned that he was from Hebrew origin.
1Ch 4:18 And his wife Yahuḏiyah bore Yereḏ the father of Geḏor, and Ḥeḇer the father of Soḵo, and Yequthi’ĕl the father of Zanowaḥ. And these were the sons of Bathyah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mereḏ took.
Bathyah married Mered the Yahudite and is also called as Yahudiyah which means 'A Yahudi of Yah' which in English one would interpret it as Jewess. Her children were 'Yereḏ the father of Geḏor, and Ḥeḇer the father of Soḵo, and Yequthi’ĕl the father of Zanowaḥ'
The firstborn barakat/abundant favor:
The firstborn barakat was not always given to the firstborn, but the one chosen to be by Yahuah. Abraham was not a first-born. Yitshaq was not actually Abraham's first-born but Yishmael. When Yahuah promised Abraham that he would have a son through Sarah with whom he will establish His covenant, Abraham requested Yahuah ''Oh, let Yishmael live before You!'' Yaaqob was not a first-born, Esaw was. Yahushaph/Yoseph was not a first-born, Reuben was. Even King Daud was not a first-born.
Gen 17:15 And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
Gen 17:16 “And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”
Gen 17:17 And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”
Gen 17:18 And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishmaʽĕl live before You!”
Gen 17:19 And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥaq. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 “And as for Yishmaʽĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 “But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”
Was Abraham a first-born son of Terah?
Genesis 11:26 records Terah lived 70 years and brought forth Abram, Nahor and Haran
Gen 11:26 And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran.
The truth is, however, Abraham was not born for another 60 years.
These verses seem to suggest that Shem was not born when Noah was 500, but rather when Noah was 503 as the flood waters prevailed over the earth for a whole year until Noach was 601 years old. Shem is mentioned first for the same reason Abraham is—because they are Messianic ancestors, and not because they were the firstborn sons of their fathers
Numerous other Messianic ancestors, such as Seth, Yitshaq, Yaaqob, Yahudah, Yahusaph, Ephrayim Perets, Masha, David, Shelemoh etc were not firstborn sons but received the firstborn barakat. What is interesting to see that the firstborn barakat was shared between Yaaqob's two sons Yahudah and Yahusaph as the Messiah was promised through their lineage.
Speaking about Torah of belief vs the Torah of letter Shaul the emissary speaks of Mashiyach becoming the curse for us to redeem us from the curse/swearing we entered into keeping the letter. The curse/qalal is broken in Mashiyach as we receive the Ruach who writes the Torah of belief in our hearts and our minds
Gal 3:11 And that no one is declared right by Torah before Elohim is clear, for “The righteous shall live by belief.”
Gal 3:12 And the Torah is not of belief, but “The man who does them shall live by them.”
Gal 3:13 Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the Torah, having become a curse/qalal 𐤒𐤋𐤋 for us – for it has been written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs upon a tree.”
Gal 3:14 in order that the blessing of Aḇraham might come upon the nations in Messiah יהושע, to receive the promise of the Ruach through belief.
Coming back to Abraham the father of all guym/nations Yahuah behind the words of swearing/oath/curses that Aluahym tried alaph tau Aḇraham and asked him to offer his only son Yitshaq as an ascending offering
Gen 22:2 And He said, “Take your son, now, your only son Yitsḥaq, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriyah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I command you.”
And he obeyed the voice of Yahuah and as he was to slay his son Yitshaq, the Messenger of Yahuah called to him out of heaven not to touch the lad and he saw a ram caught by its horns in the thickets and offered it in the place of his son and named the place Yahuah Yarah
Gen 22:14 And Aḇraham called the name of the place, ‘יהוה Yarah,’ as it is said to this day, “On the mountain יהוה provides.”
Yahuah Yarah H3070: From H3068/Yahuah and H7200/raah where 'raah' actually means to appear. With a yod before raah would make it 'He will appear'
Yahuah Yarah 'Yahuah, He will appear'
Scripture records that Abraham was told to go on one of the mountains on Mt Moriyah to offer Yitshaq, we have scripture recording that Shelemoh built the house of Yahuah at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, and Golgotha was on MT Moriyah just outside the temple city Yerushalayim where our Savior Yahusha was impaled. Those who refuse to see his divinity must compare the events to see Abraham named the place 'Yahuah, He will be seen'
2Ch 3:1 And Shelomoh began to build the House of יהוה at Yerushalayim on Mount Moriyah, where He appeared to his father Dawiḏ, at the place that Dawiḏ had prepared on the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇusite.
2Ch 3:2 And he began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign.
Thus the ram which was offered in place of Yitshaq was symbolic of Yahusha who was the firstborn who offered himself in place of Yitshaq the promised seed.
Gal 4:28 And we, brothers, as Yitsḥaq was, are children of promise.
In the Mitsrayite culture the firstborn son had absolute power within the family unit. Pharaoh was the first-born of the first-born of the first-born. It was from this birthright that he could exercise power.
Hos 11:1 “When Yasharal was a child, I loved him, and out of Mitsrayim I called My son.
He revealed His intention of whom He called out of Mitsrayim, while Yasharal seemed to be the firstborn son of Aluahym, it was Yahusha Himself who was the firstborn who took the death penalty and Yasharal in HIM who share in the likeness of his death (Gal 2:20), to bring Yasharal out of Mitsrayim
Mat 2:13 And when they had left, see, a messenger of יהוה appeared to Yosĕph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the Child and His mother, and flee to Mitsrayim, and remain there until I bring you word, for Herodes is about to seek the Child to destroy Him.”
Mat 2:14 And rising up, he took the Child and His mother by night and departed for Mitsrayim,
Mat 2:15 and remained there until the death of Herodes, to fill what was spoken by יהוה through the prophet, saying, “Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son.
In the killing of the two witnesses (the Torah and the Nebim) its mentioned that the present Yerushalayim is spiritually called Sodom and Mitsrayim
Rev 11:7 And when they have ended their witness, the beast coming up out of the pit of the deep shall fight against them, and overcome them, and kill them,
Rev 11:8 and their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Seḏom and Mitsrayim, where also our Master was impaled,
While all this may sound confusing, if we understand the meaning of ''Out of Mistrayim I have called My Son'' then we would understand Yahuah's pre-determinate counsel in Yasharal's redemption. The redemption from literal house of bondage/slavery was a fore-shadow of the actual need of Yasharal's redemption from the slavery of sin for Yasharal entered into the swearing/oath/curses of the words/dabaryam of Aluahym and he had to be tested to bring him out
Speaking of the 2 covenants Shaul the emissary let's us know that the present Yerushalayim is Hagar who is in slavery with her children. The slavery was to the swearing/oath/curses of the Torah which is not from belief which brought the death penalty for disobedience to it
Gal 4:24 This is allegorical, for these are the two covenants: one indeed from Mount Sinai which brings forth slavery, which is Haḡar,
Gal 4:25 for this Haḡar is Mount Sinai in Araḇia, and corresponds to Yerushalayim which now is, and is in slavery with her children.
Gal 4:26 But the Yerushalayim above is free, which is the mother of us all.
In Revelation 11 the two witnesses i.e. the Torah and the Nebim were killed in the great city i.e. Yerushalayim which is spiritually tied up with Sodom and Mitsrayim where our Master was impaled, the two witnesses after the Ruach of life entered them after the space of three and a half days which correspond to time/muaed, times/muaedim and chatsay/half or dividing of time (see Daniel 12:7) where muaedim is the same word used for Yahuah's appointed times. The living creature/beast made war and killed the truthful testimony keeping alive the carnal letter occupying which has the swearing/oath/curses, this is signified by some from the peoples, tribes and tongues and nations seeing the death of the truthful witness and rejoicing and exulting over the Torahlessness of belief and giving gifts to one another just as carnal Yasharal does by greeting one another during the appointed times not understanding the spiritual aspects of the appointed times in dispersion.
Rev 11:9 and some of the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations see their dead bodies for three and a half days, and not allow their dead bodies to be placed into tombs,
Rev 11:10 and those dwelling on the earth rejoice over them and exult. And they shall send gifts to each other, because these two prophets tortured those dwelling on the earth.
Rev 11:11 And after the three and a half days a spirit of life from Aluahym entered into them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.
Rev 11:12 And they heard a loud voice from the heaven saying to them, “Come up here.” And they went up into the heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them.
Dan 12:6 And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the end of these wonders?”
Dan 12:7 And I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, and he held up his right hand and his left hand to the heavens, and swore by Him who lives forever, that it would be for a time/muaed, times/muaedim, and half a time/chatsay. And when they have ended scattering the power of the set-apart people, then all these shall be completed.
Lev 23:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 23:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘The appointed times/muaedim H4150 of יהוה, which you are to proclaim as set-apart gatherings, My appointed times, are these:
''Out of Mitsrayim I have called My Son'' finds its fulfillment in the Ruach of life entering and reviving the truthful heavenly pattern which is signified by the two witnesses standing on their feet and entering heaven in a cloud (Rev 11:12). The cloud is a cloud of witness and is a type showing how the Master ascended into heaven in a cloud and disappeared from the sight of the talmidim. The scroll of Revelation is filled with imageries and shouldn't be carnally interpreted. I have heard a lot of carnal interpretations that during Tribulation period Yahuah will send Eliyah and Chanuk as they were taken alive into heaven and they are the two end time witnesses. Daniel prophesied of these events as troublesome times for Yasharal as Ruachot/Spiritual Yasharal lies in dispersion with His testimony killed while the carnal Yasharal is active giving allegiance to the letter which kills, they are occupied in literal/carnal things which bring death as they come under the swearing/oath/curses to keep the letter.
1Co 10:1 For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
1Co 10:2 and all were immersed into Mosheh in the cloud and in the sea,
1Co 10:3 and all ate the same spiritual food,
1Co 10:4 and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed, and the Rock was Messiah.
Our fathers were immersed in the cloud and in the sea into Masha, this immersion was a type and spiritually pointed to the immersion in Mashiyach. So none of Yasharal is left out of this immersion.
Coming back to the firstborn , the Midrash states that the intention to kill the firstborn in Mitsrayim was made to Masha at the burning bush
Ex 4:21 Yahuah said to Mosheh, When you go to return to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand; but I shall harden his heart so that he shall not let the people go.
Ex 4:22 And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says Yahuah, Yisra’El is My son, My firstborn
Ex 4:23 And I said to you, Let My son go that he may serve Me; and/uau you refused/taman 𐤕𐤌𐤍 to let him go. Behold, I shall kill your son, your firstborn.
Moses didn’t repeat what Aluahym told him to say (Exo 4:22-23) to Pharaoh at their first meeting. One might expect those words to be said right before the tenth plague, the slaying of the Egyptian firstborn. But they are not mentioned there either but contextually he must have told Pharaoh at the exact time before the 10th plague began. Note also that Aluahym said, “and you refused to let him go,” The phrase in Abary is in the past tense (uau-taman), even though most translations incorrectly use the conditional future (“if you will refuse…then…”)
I have touched based in detail on this in my study 'Whom did Aluahym come to kill and when? Exodus 4:18-27'. The link is pasted below:
Tents of Shem: Whom did Aluahym come to kill and when? Exodus 4:18-27 (dsouzashodan72.blogspot.com)
However, the Pharaoh (Ramsees II) that Masha withstood was not the firstborn or else he too would have been killed in the plague of the first born. In historical records he had an elder brother who was in line to become the next Pharaoh but when he was 14 years old, his older brother died, making him the heir to the throne. He was the son of Pharaoh Sethi 1 and was named after his grandfather Ramsees I
Ramsees I had a daughter who had drawn Masha out of many waters. Her name was Bathyah which means 'Daughter of Yah', a name bestowed to her after she identified herself with the sufferings of the people of Yahuah. It is unclear whether she was the firstborn of Pharaoh Ramsees I, historical records only state she was put away by her brother Sethi I for misrepresenting Masha to be an Egyptian child when he learned that he was from Hebrew origin.
1Ch 4:18 And his wife Yahuḏiyah bore Yereḏ the father of Geḏor, and Ḥeḇer the father of Soḵo, and Yequthi’ĕl the father of Zanowaḥ. And these were the sons of Bathyah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mereḏ took.
Bathyah married Mered the Yahudite and is also called as Yahudiyah which means 'A Yahudi of Yah' which in English one would interpret it as Jewess. Her children were 'Yereḏ the father of Geḏor, and Ḥeḇer the father of Soḵo, and Yequthi’ĕl the father of Zanowaḥ'
The firstborn barakat/abundant favor:
The firstborn barakat was not always given to the firstborn, but the one chosen to be by Yahuah. Abraham was not a first-born. Yitshaq was not actually Abraham's first-born but Yishmael. When Yahuah promised Abraham that he would have a son through Sarah with whom he will establish His covenant, Abraham requested Yahuah ''Oh, let Yishmael live before You!'' Yaaqob was not a first-born, Esaw was. Yahushaph/Yoseph was not a first-born, Reuben was. Even King Daud was not a first-born.
Gen 17:15 And Elohim said to Aḇraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah is her name.
Gen 17:16 “And I shall bless her and also give you a son by her. And I shall bless her, and she shall become nations – sovereigns of peoples are to be from her.”
Gen 17:17 And Aḇraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, “Is a child born to a man who is a hundred years old? Or is Sarah, who is ninety years old, to bear a child?”
Gen 17:18 And Aḇraham said to Elohim, “Oh, let Yishmaʽĕl live before You!”
Gen 17:19 And Elohim said, “No, Sarah your wife is truly bearing a son to you, and you shall call his name Yitsḥaq. And I shall establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Gen 17:20 “And as for Yishmaʽĕl, I have heard you. See, I shall bless him, and shall make him bear fruit, and greatly increase him. He is to bring forth twelve princes, and I shall make him a great nation.
Gen 17:21 “But My covenant I establish with Yitsḥaq, whom Sarah is to bear to you at this set time next year.”
Was Abraham a first-born son of Terah?
Genesis 11:26 records Terah lived 70 years and brought forth Abram, Nahor and Haran
Gen 11:26 And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran.
The truth is, however, Abraham was not born for another 60 years.
Gen 11:32 And the days of Teraḥ came to be two hundred and five years, and Teraḥ died in Ḥaran.
Lets do the reverse maths:
Abraham left Haran when he was seventy five, after the death of his father Terah. Hence, he would have been born to Terah when Terah was 130 years old i.e. 205-75 = 130
Gen 12:4 So Aḇram left, as יהוה had commanded him, and Lot went with him. And Aḇram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Ḥaran.
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.
While Haran's age is not mentioned but he died in the land of his nativity i.e. Ur of Chaldees, there is evidence that he was the eldest son of Terah as Nahor took his brother Haran's daughter Milkah to be his wife, though not clear at what age Haran died, ond thing is clear and that is his daughter was old enough to be married to Nahor his brother.
Gen 11:29 And Aḇram and Naḥor took wives: the name of Aḇram’s wife was Sarai, and the name of Naḥor’s wife, Milkah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milkah and the father of Yiskah.
Gen 11:24 And Naḥor lived twenty-nine years, and brought forth Teraḥ.
Gen 11:25 And after he brought forth Teraḥ, Naḥor lived one hundred and nineteen years, and brought forth sons and daughters.
Gen 11:26 And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran
So its evident that Terah brought forth Haran his firstborn when he was 70 while he brought forth Abraham and Nahor when he was around 130 years old i.e. 60 years later. Since Abraham left Haran at 75, that would mean that Terah lived another 60 years afterwards.
Gen 11:26 And Teraḥ lived seventy years, and brought forth Aḇram, Naḥor, and Haran.
Abraham, Nahor and Haran were not triplets as some suggest but in chronological order though Abraham was the youngest son, he is placed first as he is the firstborn covenanted of Yahuah.
Masha is making a chronological referent as per the descendancy down to Mashiyach in the Ruach. We see the same chronological referent made for the sons of Noach, Shem, Ham and Yepheth. Shem was a younger son of Noach and not the eldest.
Gen 5:32 And Noaḥ was five hundred years old, and Noaḥ brought forth Shĕm, Ḥam, and Yepheth.
Again we can't assume that Shem, Ham and Yapeth were triplets but must read carefully elsewhere to understand the chronological descent
Gen 7:6 Now Noaḥ was six hundred years old when the flood-waters were on the earth.
Gen 8:13 And it came to be in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, that the waters were dried up from the earth. And Noaḥ removed the covering of the ark and looked, and saw the surface of the ground was dry.
Ge 11:10 ¶ These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:
Gen 5:32 records Noach was 500 years old when he brought forth Shem, Ham & Yepheth, Noach was 600 years old when the flood waters were on the earth, hence, if Shem was born to him when he was 500 years old, then Shem would have been 100 years old when the flood waters prevailed on the earth, but Gen 11:10 says Shem was an 100 years old 2 years after the flood when he begat Arphaxad. This shows Shem would have been actually born when Noach was 503 and was definitely Noach's younger son. But in the firstborn covenant, he is listed first in the chronological order.
Gen 9:24 And Noaḥ awoke from his wine, and he knew what his younger son had done to him,
The younger son here refers to Ham/Cham as he saw his son Kenaan lying with one of the daughters of the household of Noach and he didn't do anything about it while his father Noach lay drunk not able to stop the act of adultery but reported it to Shem and Yapeth later. This is further evidence that Ham/Cham was the younger brother of Yepheth.
Gen 10:21 And also to Shĕm, the father of all the children of Ěḇer, the brother of Yepheth the elder, children were born.
While many read Gen 10:21 to means Shem the brother of Yepheth the elder, to mean Shem was the elder but a comparison looking at ages of Noach and the year of the flood show Shem was the younger brother of Yepheth.
Yahusaph was given the barakat that he would received a portion more than this brothers and was fulfilled as his two sons Ephrayim and Menasheh were adopted as Yaaqob's own sons as tribes
Gen 48:5 “And now, your two sons, Ephrayim and Menashsheh, who were born to you in the land of Mitsrayim before I came to you in Mitsrayim, are mine – as Re’uḇĕn and Shimʽon, they are mine.
Gen 48:6 “Your offspring whom you shall bring forth after them are yours, and let them be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance.
Gen 48:20 And he blessed them on that day, saying, “In you Yisra’ĕl shall bless, saying, ‘Elohim make you as Ephrayim and as Menashsheh!’ ” Thus he put Ephrayim before Menashsheh.
Gen 48:21 And Yisra’ĕl said to Yahusaph, “See, I am dying, but Elohim shall be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
Gen 48:22 “And I, I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.”
Gen 49:8 “You, Yahuḏah, your brothers praise you; your hand is on the neck of your enemies; your father’s children bow down before you.
Gen 49:9 “Yahuḏah is a lion’s cub; from the prey you have gone up, my son! He bowed down, he crouched like a lion. And like a lion, who does rouse him?
Gen 49:10 “The sceptre shall not turn aside from Yahuḏah, nor a Lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to Him is the obedience of peoples.
Gen 49:22 “Yahusaph is an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree, an offshoot of a fruit-bearing tree by a fountain, his branches run over a wall.
Gen 49:23 “And the archers have bitterly grieved him, shot at him and hated him.
Gen 49:24 “But his bow remained in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty One of Yaʽaqoḇ – from there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Yisra’ĕl –
1Ch 5:1 As for the sons of Re’uḇĕn the first-born of Yisra’ĕl – he was the first-born, but because he profaned his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosĕph, son of Yisra’ĕl, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright,
1Ch 5:2 for Yehuḏah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Yahusaph’s
Yahuah in his wisdom brough Boaz the Yahudite to give seed to Ruth the widow of Machlun the Ephrathite to keep the name of the man alive in Yasharal and through their lineage was born David who is known as both Yahudite and Ephrathite
1Sa 17:12 Now Dawiḏ was the son of that Ephrathite of Bĕyth Leḥem in Yahuḏah, whose name was Yishai, and he had eight sons, and in the days of Sha’ul the man was old among men.
Rth 4:18 And this is the genealogy of Perets (son of Yahudah): Perets brought forth Ḥetsron.
Rth 4:19 And Ḥetsron brought forth Ram, and Ram brought forth Amminaḏaḇ.
Rth 4:20 And Amminaḏaḇ brought forth Naḥshon, and Naḥshon brought forth Salmon.
Rth 4:21 And Salmon brought forth Boʽaz, and Boʽaz brought forth Oḇĕḏ.
Rth 4:22 And Oḇĕḏ brought forth Yishai, and Yishai brought forth Dawiḏ.
Now revisiting Abraham offering Yitshaq, ' The Older shall serve the younger' we saw it finds its fulfillment in the Ruach of life entering and reviving the truthful heavenly pattern. Abraham understood that Yitshaq whom he was called to offer as per the nasah/testing according the the words/dabaryam of Aluahym was not his firstborn son but the promised seed who would receive the barakat of the firstborn, hence, he said on the mount Yahuah will be seen (Yahuah Yarah) and offered the ram in place of his son.
Heb 11:17 By belief, Aḇraham, when he was tried/nasah, offered up Yitsḥaq, and he who had received the promises offered up his only brought-forth/yachaydo,
Heb 11:18 of whom it was said, “In Yitsḥaq your seed shall be called,”
Heb 11:19 reckoning that Elohim was able to raise, even from the dead, from which he received him back, as a type
John3:16 “For the Elohim loved the world with an abundant love, to the extent
that He gave His only brought forth/yachaydo Son/Ban so that all who believes in Him shall not perish
but rather live eternal life.”
The emissary in the scroll of Hebrews says Abraham received the promise that ''In Yitshaq your seed shall be called'' and he did not hesitate to offer up his only brought forth son/yachaydo for he believed that Aluahym was able to raise him up and he received him as a TYPE or PROVERB/mashal
Yahusha is called the only begotten/brought forth (yachaydo) son and when you look at the word closely we see a deep spiritual meaning hidden in it.
Yachaydo: 'He will riddle them' It also shows He will give them life by his hand
Aluahym according his words/dabaryam tested Abraham what actually He himself was to do.
In Mitsrayim the Pharaoh was the first-born of the first-born of the first-born. It was from this birthright that he exercised power. The attack against the first-born was therefore a powerful attack against the entire culture of Mitsrayim. The eldest ruled the younger siblings. This is why having slaves was so important to the Mitsratites. The death of the firstborn was a mandate as the Mitsratite culture was the Older rules the younger and was in opposition to Yahuah's dabar which is 'The Older shall serve the younger'
Psa 78:51 And He smote all the first-born in Mitsrayim, The firstborn of strength in the tents of Ḥam,
Mitsrayim was the seed of Ham/Cham, the younger son of Noach, he tried to rule over the seed of Shem to whom was the promise of the firstborn barakat. Hence, Yahuah broke the 'firstborn of his strength' which tried to prevail over His firstborn.
Yahuah in His wisdom placed these deep things in his dabar to reveal his pre-determinate counsel.
