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.

12/13/2022

Genesis 27:1-41 Isaac’s Blessings as He Nears Death

 

Isaac’s Blessings as He Nears Death

Genesis  27:1-41               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Isaac was old, his eyes were so dim he couldn’t see & he called his eldest son, Esau, &  told him that he was old & doesn’t know when his death will be & asked him to take his weapons & quiver to the field & hunt venison & prepare savory meat that he loves for him, so he [Isaac] could eat it & bless him, before he dies.

Rebekah spoke to her son, Jacob, telling him what Isaac, his father, had said to Esau. Then she told Jacob to obey [her] & go get 2 choice kid goats from the flock & bring them to her, so she can make savory food from them like his father loves & then, Jacob can give it to his father before his father’s death. 

Jacob was [concerned he would be found out] & get a curse instead of a blessing, because Esau is a hairy man & he isn’t. His mother said to let the curse be on her, but go get the [kid goats] for her. After Jacob [brought] them to his mother, she made the savory food such as his father loved.

Rebekah took the [clothing] of her eldest son, Esau, that were in the house & put them on Jacob, her younger son, along with the skin of the kid goats on Jacob’s hands & the smooth part of his neck. When she gave Jacob the savory meat & bread, she had prepared, he went & gave it to his father.

When his father asked who he was, Jacob said that he was Esau, his firstborn & he had done according to what he [Isaac requested]. I pray that you, sit up & eat of my venison so that your soul may bless me. Isaac asked him, How did you find it so quickly?  Jacob said, The Lord God brought it to me.

Isaac said, Come there, so I can feel you to see if you are really my son Esau or not. Jacob went near to his father who felt him & said that the voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are Esau’s & Isaac didn’t [recognize] him because his hands were hairy like Esau's, so Isaac blessed him [Jacob]. Isaac then asked him if he was really Esau, his son & Jacob said that he was.

Isaac asked him to bring his savory venison to him to eat, so his soul could bless him. Jacob gave him the food & wine to drink & came near. Isaac asked him to come & kiss him & he kissed his father who could smell [Esau’s scent of the field which the Lord had blessed] on his clothing.

Isaac blessed Jacob saying, May God give you of the dew of heaven & the fatness of the earth & plenty of corn & wine. Let peoples & nations serve you & bow down to you. Be [master] over your brethren & let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you & blessed be everyone who blesses you! 

As soon as Isaac [finished] blessing Jacob & he was gone from the presence of his father, Esau, his brother, came in from hunting & made savory meat & brought it to his father & said, Let my father arise & eat of his son’s venison, [so] that your soul may bless me.  When his father asked who he was, he replied that he is Esau, his firstborn son. 

Isaac was trembling & asked where was the one who had taken venison & brought it to me & I ate it & blessed him before you came? Esau cried bitterly when he heard his father’s words & begged his father to bless him, too. Isaac said that his brother came with subtlety & had taken away his blessing. Esau said that he is rightly named Jacob, because he has taken away both his birthright & [now] his blessing! 

Esau asked if his father had reserved a blessing for him? Isaac said that he had [already] made Isaac his master & has given all his brethren to him as servants & [blessed] him with corn & wine & wondered what he should do. Esau asked if Isaac only had one blessing & wept asking his father to bless him.

Isaac’s blessing of Esau was, Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth & dew from the heaven above. He shall live by his sword & he shall serve his brother. It shall come to pass when he [Esau] has dominion, that he will try to break his [Jacob’s] yoke off his neck. Esau hated Jacob for the blessing he got. 

[Esau] planned in his heart that he would kill Jacob when the days of mourning for his father, Isaac, were at hand. Rebekah was told these words of [Esau’s plan] & called for Jacob, her younger son & told him that his brother, Esau, is planning to kill him, so he should obey her & flee to her brother, Laban in Haran & stay with him a few days until Esau’s fury turns away & he forgets what you have done to him. 

Then she will send for Jacob & said, Why should I be deprived of both of you in one day? Rebekah told Isaac that she is [worried to death], because of the daughters of Heth [Esau married] & if Jacob selects a wife from the daughters of Heth, as well, what good would her life be?