A Prophecy of Esau and Jacob

Briefly, here are the three main conditions Iran demands to agree to a ceasefire in the current Gulf War:

(1) That the United States withdraw all military forces, weapons and personnel from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Bahrain and Syria within 30 days;

(2) That all trade; oil and financial sanctions against Iran must all be lifted since 1979 within 60 days;

(3) That the United States pay $800 billion in reparations for the damage they suffered over the last 40 years of sanctions; $500 billion within the next ten years.

Otherwise Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz; stunning all White House officials!

Possible response from the United States: Ground Invasion requiring 200,000 foot soldiers, with potential casualties estimated at 15,000.

According to Twelver Shia – the largest branch of Shia Islam studied by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son and successor as Supreme Ayatollah, Khamenei, 56, at Qom – the 12th Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi, who is believed to be in hiding, will return at the end of times to establish a period of global justice in which oppression will be eradicated.

Islamic apocalyptic traditions describe major conflicts happening before this era, including the Malhama al-Kubra – a great battle sometimes interpreted as a confrontation with Western powers.

And as Iran has stated that US and Israeli forces have bombed nearly 10,000 civilian sites in the country and killed more than 1,300 civilians since the war began on February 28, Shia Islam places a strong emphasis on the concept of sacrifice and martyrdom.

Genesis 7

¹ And the Lord said unto Noah, “Come thou and all thy house into the ark, for thee have I seen righteous before Me in this generation. — thou and all thy family; which consisted only of eight persons; Noah and his three sons, and their four wives, Genesis 6:18

— the Targum Onkelos says

Adonoy said to Noach, Come into the ark, you and your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before Me, in this generation.

² Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female; and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. — of every clean beast; of all clean cattle, thou shalt take to thee by sevens; or seven pairs;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Of every [ritually] clean animal, take to yourself seven pairs, male and its mate [female]. Of every animal that is not clean, [take] two, the male and its mate [female].

³ Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female, to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. — of every clean fowls; by sevens or seven pairs;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Also of the birds of the heaven, [take] seven pairs, male and female; to keep seed alive upon the face of the earth.

⁴ For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.” — yet seven days; or after seven days;

— and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights: this was not an ordinary but an extraordinary rain, and the quantity of water that fell;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Because in another [at the completion of another] seven days I will bring rain [I will cause rain to descend] on the earth [and it will rain] forty days and forty nights, and I will obliterate every living substance that I have made, from the face of the earth.

⁵ And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. — and Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him; he prepared for his entrance into the ark, and all the creatures with him; got everything ready for them, the rooms for their habitation, and food for their sustenance;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Noach did all that Adonoy commanded him.

⁶ And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. — Noah was six hundred years old; it follows that Shem was about one hundred years of age (Genesis 5:32), and his two brothers were all married, though apparently without children;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Noach was six hundred years old when the flood waters were on the earth.

⁷ And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. — and Noah went in, and his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark;

— within the space of the seven days, between the command of God to go into it, and the coming of the flood; or rather on the seventh day, on which it began to rain; when he saw it was coming on;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Noach went in, and his sons, his wife, and his son’s wives, with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the Flood.

⁸ Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, — there were no mention of a distinction between clean and unclean for food among the beasts, birds and the creeping things; or, perhaps, distinction were made but were not written down;

— the behemoth (H930 ḇə·hê·mō·wṯ), or known as as dinosaur in Job 40:15, is not mentioned in this verse or anywhere hereabout; indicating they were not in the ark;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Of the [ritually] clean animals, and the animals that are not [ritually] clean, of the birds, and of every thing that creeps on the earth.

⁹ there went in two by two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female as God had commanded Noah. — there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, being impressed with an instinct from God so to do; or by the ministry of angels;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Two by two they came to Noach into the ark, male and female, as Elohim had commanded Noach.

¹⁰ And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. — and it came to pass after seven days; were ended, or on the seventh day, after God had given the orders to Noah, to prepare for his going into the ark, with his family, and all the creatures;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Seven [complete] days had passed, and the flood waters were on the earth.

¹¹ In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, that same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.

— the second month; either of the one sacred, for the celebration of feasts, beginning in March; or the other civil, for men’s political or civil affairs, beginning in September;

— Masoretic, the Flood was 1656 after the creation of Adam: Seth (130 Gen 5:3); Enosh (105 Gen 5:6); Cainan (90 Gen 5:9); Mahalalee (70 Gen 5:12); Jared (65 Gen 5:15); Enoch (162 Gen 5:18); Methuselah (65 Gen 5:21); Lamech (187 Gen 5:25); Noah (182 Gen 7:28-29) Noah (600 Gen 7:6,11) = 1656

— Septuagint, the Flood was 2242 after the creation of Adam: Seth (230 Gen 5:3); Enosh (205 Gen 5:6); Cainan (190 Gen 5:9); Mahalalee (170 Gen 5:12); Jared (165 Gen 5:15); Enoch (162 Gen 5:18); Methuselah (165 Gen 5:21); Lamech (167 Gen 5:25); Noah (188 Gen 5:28-29); Noah (600 Gen 7:6,11) = 2242 (a difference of 586 years)

— Samaritan, the Flood was 1407 after the creation of Adam: Seth (130 Gen 5:3); Enosh (105 Gen 5:6); Cainan (90 Gen 5:9); Mahalalee (70 Gen 5:12); Jared (65 Gen 5:15); Enoch (162 Gen 5:18); Methuselah (65 Gen 5:21); Lamech (67 Gen 5:25); Noah (53 Gen 7:28-29) Noah (600 Gen 7:6,11) = 1407 (a difference of 249 years from the Masoretic Text)

— Targum of Jonathan and the Peshitta both went along with the Masoretic figures; whereas the Armenian largely went along with the Greek Septuagint; both are of Eastern Orthodox Christianity;

— the Targum Onkelos says

In the six hundredth year of Noach’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day, all the wellsprings of the great deep, burst open, and the windows of the heavens were opened.

¹² And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. — forty days and forty nights; so long it was falling upon it, after the windows of heaven were opened;

— the Targum Onkelos says

There was rain [descending] on the earth forty days and forty nights.

¹³ In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah’s wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark

— a threefold description of the entrance of Noah and his retinue into the ark, first in the command, next in the actual process during the seven days, and, lastly, in the completed act on the seventh day;

— the Targum Onkelos says

On that very day, Noach came along with Sheim, Cham, and Yafes, the sons of Noach; Noach’s wife and the three wives of his sons, with them, into the ark.

¹⁴ they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.

— they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind; all sorts of beasts and cattle, reckoned one hundred and thirty sorts, by some one hundred and fifty, including serpents;

— the Targum Onkelos says

They, and every beast of its kind, and every animal of its kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth of its kind; and every flying creature of its kind, every bird, every winged creature [every one that flies].

¹⁵ And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two by two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. — two by two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life; they that went by sevens; being seven couples, as they went by pairs;

— the Targum Onkelos says

They came to [with] Noach, to the ark, two by two of all the flesh in which there was a breath of life.

¹⁶ And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in. — went in male and female of all flesh; that is, two by two;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Those that came were male and female, of all flesh they came, as Elohim had commanded him. Adonoy then [protectively] shut him in [the ark.] [Adonoy protected him.]

¹⁷ And the flood was forty days upon the earth, and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth. — the flood was increasing for forty days; the waters rose so high, that the tops of the highest mountains were overflowed;

Orthodox Judaism says this happens in the year 1656 from Adam; but Josephus says 2656 from Adam, (Antiquities: book 1 chapter 3, section 3); a difference of a thousand years;

— a difference of a thousand years to reconcile;

— the Targum Onkelos says

There was a Flood on the earth for forty days. The waters increased and lifted the ark, and it rose [high] above the earth.

¹⁸ And the waters prevailed and were increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark went upon the face of the waters. — it raised the ark above the earth and above the mountains, and, on the other, destroyed every living being upon the dry land, from man to cattle, creeping things and birds;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The waters were powerful and increased greatly over the earth, and the ark moved on the surface of the waters.

¹⁹ And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth, and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. — all the high hills, and the mountains were covered; there were hills and mountains before the flood, and that these were not caused by the deluge;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The waters were very powerful over the earth, and they covered all the high mountains which were under all the heavens.

²⁰ Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail, and the mountains were covered. — fifteen cubits would be about twenty-two feet;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Fifteen amohs above them [the mountains] did the waters prevail and they covered the mountains.

²¹ And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl and of cattle and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: — all the men, women, and children, that were in the world, excepting those in the ark, died;

— the Targum Onkelos says

All flesh that moved on the earth perished; birds, animals, beasts, and all creeping creatures that creep on the earth and every man.

²² all in whose nostrils was the breath of life, all that was on the dry land, died. — all flesh, fowl, cattle, and creeping thing, died;

— the Targum Onkelos says

All that has a breath of the spirit of life—everything on dry land—died.

²³ And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man and cattle, and the creeping things and the fowl of the heaven, and they were destroyed from the earth. And Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

— of the millions of creatures that were upon the earth (except those who dwell in the sea), none was left, the flood came and destroyed them all;

— the Targum Onkelos says

[He] obliterated every being that was on the surface of the ground; from man to animals, to creeping creatures, and to the birds of the heaven. They were obliterated from the earth. Only Noach and those with him in the ark survived.

²⁴ And the waters prevailed upon the earth a hundred and fifty days. — fifty and a hundred days; these, and the forty days of rain, make one hundred and ninety days: about six lunar months and thirteen days;

— this number “one hundred and ninety days” coincides with Ezekiel 4 in the Septuagint version where Ezekiel was asked to sleep for the iniquity for Israel: for more, see Ezekiel Timeline – 190/40 Years

— the Targum Onkelos says

The waters were powerful over the earth for one hundred and fifty days.

Genesis 8

¹ And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters were assuaged.

— Noah, who having heard nothing of him for five months, and having been perhaps longer in the ark than expected, might begin to think that he was forgotten of God; but God remembered him;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Elohim remembered Noach, and all the beasts and all the animals that were with him in the ark. Elohim caused a wind to blow over the earth and the water subsided.

² The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained. — the subterraneous waters in great quantity upon the earth, and the clouds of heaven, which poured down water upon it like spouts, were stopped from sending forth any more;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The wellsprings of the deep were closed, and [so were] the windows of the heavens, and the downpour from the heavens was withheld.

³ And the waters returned from off the earth continually, and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. — the waters returned from off the earth; a vast wave from the sea had swept over the land, in addition to the forty days of rain; now it has return back to the ocean;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The water receded from the earth continually, and the waters diminished at the end of one hundred and fifty days.

⁴ And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. — the ark rested upon one of the mountains of Ararat; some, Josephus and the Targum of Jonathan, think one of those mountains in Armenia, or for other loose cannons, in Turkey;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat [Kardu].

⁵ And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. — the ark rested; it is stranded on some hill in Ararat; this country forms part of Armenia;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The waters continued to diminish until the tenth month. In the tenth [month], on the first of the month, the mountaintops became visible.

⁶ And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. — at the end of forty days; it is easy to imagine the ardent longing Noah and his family must have felt to enjoy again the sight of land as well as breathe the fresh air;

— the Targum Onkelos says

At the end of forty days, Noach opened the window of the ark which he had made.

⁷ And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. — Noah sent forth a raven; through the window of the ark; which wentback and forth; until the waters were dried up from the earth;

— the Targum Onkelos says

He sent out the raven, and it went out, going to and fro until the water on the land dried up.

⁸ Also he sent forth a dove from him to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; — Noah sent forth the dove a second time, probably seven days after the first time, and the third time was after seven days too after the sending forth of the raven;

— the Targum Onkelos says

He [then] sent the dove to see if the water had subsided from the surface of the ground.

⁹ but the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth. Then he put forth his hand and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. — the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot; because the tops of the hills which then could not be landed;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The dove found no [place to] rest her foot. She returned to him into the ark, for the water was upon the surface of the whole earth. He put out his hand and took her and brought her to him, into the ark.

¹⁰ And he stayed yet another seven days, and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark. — and he stayed yet other seven days; as he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him;

— the Targum Onkelos says

He waited another seven days, and once again sent the dove out of the ark.

¹¹ And the dove came in to him in the evening, and lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off; so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.

— so Noah knew the waters were abated from off the earth: by this he perceived not only that they were gone off the mountains, but the lower grounds, at least the hills on which olive trees delight to grow;

— the Targum Onkelos says

The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, [lying] in her mouth was a torn off olive leaf. Noach knew then that the water had subsided from the earth.

¹² And he stayed yet another seven days and sent forth the dove, which returned not again unto him any more. — which returned not again unto him any more: the earth being dry, it found rest for the sole of its feet, sufficient food to eat; and liking to be at liberty in the open air, chose not to return to the ark;

— the Targum Onkelos says

He waited yet another seven days and sent out the dove; it did not return to him again.

¹³ And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth; and Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the face of the ground was dry.

— and, behold, the face of the ground was dry; the ground or surface of the earth looked dry; but was not so dry and hard as to bear heavy bodies, or the foot to tread on it, being soft and tender;

— the Targum Onkelos says

It was in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, that the water on earth [began] to dry. Noach removed the covering of the ark. He looked and behold the surface of the ground had dried.

¹⁴ And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. — Noah delays apparently another month, and, on the first day of the new year, ventures to remove the covering of the ark;

— the Targum Onkelos says

In the second month, on the twenty seventh day of the month, the earth was [completely] dry.

¹⁵ And God spoke unto Noah, saying, — and God spake unto Noah, saying; whether in a dream or vision, or by an articulate voice, appearing in an human form, or by an impulse on his mind, is not certain;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Elohim spoke to [with] Noach, saying,

¹⁶ “Go forth from the ark, thou and thy wife, and thy sons and thy sons’ wives with thee. — Go forth of the ark; though the earth was dry and fit to be inhabited, yet they would not go out without orders, as he had to go in; which he waited for before he would, and now he has them;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Depart from the ark, yourself and your wife, your sons, and your son’s wives with you.

¹⁷ Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both of fowl and of cattle and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth.”

— Question: how could these creatures which came out of the ark in Asia get thence to America, Australia, like the slow moving koalas or to the islands remote from the continent? A: perhaps with the help of angels;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, [including] birds, animals, every creeping creature that creeps on the earth, let them depart with you. Let them spread over the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth.

¹⁸ And Noah went forth, and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives with him. — and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him: in all eight persons, and no more were saved in the ark;

— interestingly the Chinese symbol for “boat” or 船 is made of 舟 (which means vessel), 八 (meaning eight) and 口 (meaning mouth); 船 literally translate “eight people in the boat.” This character was used in the ancient Chinese story of Noah’s ark;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Noach departed [from the ark together with] his sons, his wife and son’s wives.

¹⁹ Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. — after their kind; not in a confused disorderly manner, mixing with one another; but as they went in by pairs, male and female of every sort, so they came forth in like manner;

— the Targum Onkelos says

Every living thing, every creeping creature, every bird, everything that creeps on the earth, departed from the ark according to their families.

²⁰ And Noah built an altar unto the Lord, and took of every clean beast and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. — Noah builded an altar; literally, “a high place” probably a mound of earth, on which a sacrifice was offered;

— the Targum Onkelos say

Noach built an altar to [before] Adonoy, and took of every [ritually] clean animal and of every [ritually] clean bird, and brought up burnt-offerings on the altar.

—the Targum of Jonathan reveals more details, saying

And Noah builded the altar before the Lord; that altar which Adam had builded in the time when he was cast forth from the garden of Eden, and had offered an oblation upon it; and upon it had Kain and Habel offered their oblations.

But when the waters of the deluge descended, it was destroyed, and Noah rebuilded it; and he took of all clean cattle, and of all clean fowl, and sacrificed four upon that altar. And the Lord accepted his oblation with favour:

²¹ And the Lord smelled a sweet savor; and the Lord said in His heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

— the Lord said in his heart; same as “I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth” Isaiah 54:9

— the Targum Onkelos says

Adonoy smelled the pleasing fragrance, [Adonoy accepted his offering with favor] and Adonoy said in His heart [with his Word], Never again will I curse the ground because of [the sins of] man, for the inclination of man’s heart is evil from [the time of] his youth. I will never again smite every living thing as I have done.

²² While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.” — while the earth remaineth; literally, as yet, all the days of the earth, that is, henceforth, so long as the earth continues;

— the Targum Onkelos says

So long as the earth exists, seed-time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, will never be suspended.

~ by Joel on March 13, 2026.

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