About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

11/29/2022

Genesis 13:1-18 Lot & Abram Have an Abundance of Livestock & Go Separate Ways

 

Lot & Abram Have an Abundance of Livestock & Go Separate Ways

Genesis 13:1-18                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Abram [left] Egypt with his wife [Sarai], Lot & all that he had & was very rich in cattle, silver & gold & went south [as far as] Bethel to the place he built his first altar to God, where his tent had been in the beginning between Bethel & Hai. [There,] Abram first called on the Name of the Lord.

Lot, [who] also went with Abram, had flocks, herds & tents. [Lot & Abram had too many possessions] to dwell together & there was strife between the [herdsmen] of Abram's cattle & the [herdsmen] of Lot's cattle, and the Canaanite & the Perizzite [also] dwelt in the land.

[So,] Abram said to Lot, I pray [that] you, that [there's] nos strife between you & me & between my [herdsmen] & your [herdsmen, for we [are relatives.] Isn't the whole land [in front of] you? I pray [that] you, separate yourself from me. If you will take the left hand [side,] I will go to the right. Or if you depart to the right hand [side, then I will go to the left.

And Lot lifted up his eyes & [saw] all the plain of Jordan & that it was well watered everywhere, even like the garden [of Eden] of the Lord. before the Lord, destroyed Sodom & Gomorrah. Like the land of Egypt, as you come [into] Zoar. 

Then, Lot chose [for himself] to go to the plain of Jordan & journeyed east & they separated themselves one from the other.

Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan & Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain & pitched his tent toward Sodom, but the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked before the Lord.

After Lot had separated himself from him, the Lord God said to Abram, Lift up your eyes now & look from the place you are in [all directions:] *For all the land [that] you see, I will give it to you & to your [descendants] forever. And I will make your [descendants like] the dust of the earth in number: so that if a man [could count the grains of] dust, [so] shall your [descendants] be [counted.] 

[Genesis 22:17 That in blessing, I will bless you & in multiplying, I will multiply your [descendants like] the stars of heaven & the sand which is upon the seashore. And your [descendants] shall possess the gate of his enemies.]

[God told Abram,] Arise & walk the length & [width of] the land; for I will give it to you. Then, Abram removed his tent & came & dwelt in the [plains] of Mamre, which is Hebron & built an altar to the Lord there.