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.

12/12/2022

Genesis 26:1-35 God Promised to Multiply Isaac’s Descendants

 

God Promised to Multiply Isaac’s Descendants

Genesis  26:1-35                The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

There was a famine in the land that was [after] the first famine in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar. The Lord appeared to [Isaac] & said, [Don’t] go down into Egypt, but live in the land, which I shall tell you. 

[Stay] in this land & I will be with you & bless you; for to you & to your [descendants] I will give all these countries to your [descendants] & I will  perform the oath I swore to Abraham, your father. *I will make your [descendants] multiply [like] the stars of heaven. I will give your seed all these countries. And in your seed, all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because Abraham obeyed My voice & kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes & laws. 

[Genesis 22:18 And in your [descendants] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed My voice.]

[So,] Isaac dwelt in Gerar [in Canaan.] And the men of the place asked about his wife [Rebekah] & he said, She is my sister, [because he was afraid] to say. She was my wife & [Isaac] said, Lest the men of [this] place [might] kill me for Rebekah, because she was [beautiful] to look upon. [After] he had been there a long time, it [happened] that Abimeleck saw through a window as Isaac was [being affectionate] with Rebekah, his wife.

Abimelech called Isaac & said, [Look,] surely, she is your wife. How [could] you say, She is my sister? Isaac said, Lest I die [on account] of her. And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the people might have [been intimate] with your wife & you [would] have brought [guilt] upon us. And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He [who] touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death..

The Lord blessed Isaac, [who] sowed in the land & [reaped] in the same year 100 fold. [Isaac became very prosperous] & grew great for he had [a great number:] of flocks, herds & [many] servants, [so] the Philistines envied him. The Philistines had filled [up] the wells with earth that his father, Abraham had [dug] & Abimelech [told] Isaac, Go [away] from us, [because] you are much mightier than we [are.]

And Isaac departed [from there] & pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar & dwelt there. And Isaac [re-dug] the well his father, Abraham, [had originally dug,] [but] they had been stopped [up by] the Philistines after Abraham [died.] Isaac called the wells by the names which his father called them.

And Isaac’s servants [dug] in the valley & found a well of [running] water there. The herdsmen of Gerar [quarreled] with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, The water is ours & he called the well Esek; because they [quarreled] with him. [When] they dug another well [the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled] over that one, also & called [the well] Sitnah. Isaac [moved] from there & [dug] another well & called it Rehoboth, because, The Lord has made room for us & we shall be fruitful in the land. 

When [Isaac] went up from [there] to BeerSheba, the Lord appeared to him that same night & said, I am the God of Abraham, your father. [Don’t] fear for I am with you & *I will bless you & multiply your [descendants] for My servant Abraham’s sake. Isaac built an altar there & called on the name of the Lord. [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.] [Isaac] pitched his tent there & Isaac’s servants [dug] a well.

Then, Abimelech [came to Isaac] & Ahuzzath, 1 of his friends, along with Phichol, the chief captain of his army. And Isaac [asked] them, Why have you come to me, [since] you hate me & sent me away from you? They [told Isaac,] We've certainly seen how the Lord is with you & want to make a covenant [contract] & oath with you, [so] that you [don’t harm] us, [since] we haven’t [harmed] you & have only done good to you & have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord [God.]

And [Isaac] made them a feast & they [ate & drank.] In the morning, they [swore an oath] to one another & Isaac sent them away in peace & they [left.] The same day, Isaac’s servants told him about a well they had [dug] & found water. [Isaac] called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is BeerSheba to this day. 

[When] Esau was 40 years old, he took [as wives:] Judith, the daughter of Beeri, the Hittite & Bashemath, the daughter of Elon, the Hittite. [They both] were a grief to Isaac & Rebekah.