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.

12/11/2022

Genesis 25:1-34 Abraham Dies & Genealogy of Ishmael & Isaac

 

Abraham Dies & Genealogy of Ishmael & Isaac

Genesis  25:1-34                The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Abraham again took a wife named Keturah & she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Median, Ishbak, Shuah. Jokshan begat Sheba & Dedan & the sons of Dedan were Ashurim, Letushim & Leummim. The sons of Median were Ephah, Epher, Hanock, Abidah & Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac, while Abraham was still [living.] He gave gifts to the sons of his [mistresses] he had & sent them eastward away from his son, Isaac.

These are the [years] of [Abraham's] life. He died at a good old age & was 175 years old & [was gathered to his people] & his sons Isaac & Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar, the Hittite, which is before Mamre. [This is] the field Abraham purchased [from] the sons of Heth & Abraham was buried there & Sarah, his wife. After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son, Isaac, who dwelt in Beer Lahai Roi.

Now, this is the [genealogy] of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, [bore] to Abraham. And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadar [a.k.a. Hadad], Tema, Jetur, Naphish, & Kedemah. 

These were the sons of Ismael & these were their names, by their towns & their castles, 12 princes according to their nations. Ishmael [lived to be] 137 years old & [breathed his last] & died & was gathered to his people. They dwelt from Havilah as far as Shur, before Egypt as you go toward Assyria. He died in the presence of all his brethren. 

This is the [genealogy] of Isaac, Abraham’s son. Isaac was 40 years old when he took Rebekah, daughter of Bethuel, the sister of Laban, the Syrian, as his wife. Isaac [pleaded] with the Lord because his wife, Rebekah, was barren [& had no children] &  the Lord [granted his plea] & she conceived. The [twins] struggled within her & she said, If [it's] to [be] so, why am I [like this?] And [Rebekah] went to [inquire] of the Lord. The Lord said to Rebekah, There are 2 nations in your womb & 2 manner of people shall be separated from your [body.] 

One people shall be stronger than the other & the [older son] shall serve the younger. When [it was time ]to be delivered [were finished, they saw] there were twins in her womb. Esau was the 1st one born & was red & came out hairy like a garment. Jacob came out, after his brother & his hand took hold [of] Esau's heel & Isaac was 60 years old when [Rebekah delivered] them.  As the boys grew, Esau was a [skillful] hunter & a man of the field. Isaac loved Esau, because he ate Esau's venison [he cooked], but Rebekah loved Jacob who was a plain  man, dwelling in tents. 

Jacob [boiled] a [lentil stew] & Esau came [in] from the field [tired & hungry.] Esau said to Jacob, I pray [that] you feed me with that red [stew,] for I am faint. Therefore, his name was called Edom. Jacob [told] Esau, Sell me this day your birthright. And Esau said, [Look,] I'm at the point [of death] What [benefit] shall this birthright [be] to me? And Jacob said, Swear to me this day & Esau [swore to Jacob.] And [Esau] sold his birthright to Jacob. Then, Jacob gave Esau lentil [stew] & bread. [After Esau ate & drank,] he rose up & went his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright.