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.

11/30/2022

Genesis 14:1-24 Lot Taken Captive & Abram Rescues Him

 

Lot Taken Captive & Abram Rescues Him

Genesis 14:1-24                    The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

It [happened] in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, the kings: Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam & Tidal, king of nations, made war with the kings: Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim & the king of Bela, which is Zoar. All these joined together in the [valley] of Siddim, which is [by] the Salt Sea & served Chedorlaomer 12 years, [but] in the 13th year they rebelled.

In the 14th year, Chedorlaomer & the kings with him came & [attacked:] the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim, the Horites in Mount Seir, [all the way] to Elparan by the wilderness. And they returned & came to Kadesh & [attacked] all the country of: the Amalekites & also the Amorites [who both] dwelt in: Hazezon Tamar. 

There went out the [kings] of: Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim & Bela (Zoar is the same.) And they joined [together] in battle with them in the [Valley] of Siddim. With Chedorlaomer, the king of Elam, were: Tidal, king of nations; Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar-4 kings [against] 5. The [Valley] of Siddim was full of slimepits. The kings of Sodom & Gomorrah fled & fell there. And [those who remained] fled to the mountain. [Then] they took all the goods & [food] of Sodom & Gomorrah & took Lot, Abram's brother, who dwelt in Sodom, & his goods & departed.

There came [someone who] escaped, came & told Abram, the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre. The Amorite, [the] brother of Eshcol & brother of Aner & these were [allies] with Abram. When [Abram] heard his brother,[ Lot,] was taken captive, Abram armed 318 trained servants, born in his house & pursued them [all the way] to Dan. [Abram] divided himself & his servants [at] night. [They] attacked them & pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left [side] of Damascus. [Abram] brought back Lot again, the women & people & all his goods. 

And the king of Sodom went out to meet [Abram] after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer & the kings with him, at the [valley] of Shaveh, which is the king's [valley.]

[Then,] Melchizedek [Salem’s] king & priest of God, Most High, & brought [them] bread & wine. [Melchizedek] blessed them & said, Blessed be Abram of the Most High God, possessor of heaven & earth. Blessed be the Most high God [Who] has delivered your enemies into your hand. [Then,] Abram gave him [1/10] tithes of all [he recovered].

The King of Sodom said for Abram, Give me the [people] & take the goods for yourself. [But,] Abram told the king of Sodom, I have [lifted] up my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, the Possessor of heaven & earth & I won't take anything of yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich. [Abram said, Except] for the food the young men [ate] & the portion of the men, [who] went with me: Aner, Eshcol & Mamre, let them take their portion [of the goods].