Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

Those who preserved their original language continued, by reason of their not having migrated from the east, in possession of the east, and of their eastern language. And let him notice, that these alone became the portion of the Lord, and His people who were called Jacob, and Israel the cord of his inheritance.5 Since the Hebrew tongue became the language of God’s chosen people, it is assumed that Adam spoke some early form of the Hebrew dialect. Jewish writings such as the Mishna (Genesis Rabbah 38) teaches that Adam spoke in the Hebrew language. The Mishna comments that Adam called Eve “woman” ( ‘ishah ), the Hebrew term for a woman or a female (Gen. 2:23). He later named her Eve (Gen. 3:20), or Chavah (meaning “life giver”) in the Hebrew language. Of course, the word Hebrew was unknown in the time of Adam, and his language would simply be the language of Adam. However, he was speaking the language God gave him. Being created a full grown man without systematic training from infancy to adulthood, his teaching came directly from God. The name Hebrew originated out of Shem’s great-grandson’s name Eber (Gen. 10:21). It comes from the verb ‘abar , meaning to “pass through, or region beyond.” Abraham was the first Hebrew (Gen. 14:13), because he passed over from his native land to the Promised Land. The Abrahamic covenant was sealed when God passed through the sacrifices, and in Egypt God passed over the Israelite homes that were protected by the lamb’s blood (Exod. 12:13). Joshua and Israel passed over Jordan,