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.

12/16/2022

Genesis 30:1-43 The Birth of 11 of Jacob’s Children

 

The Birth of 11 of Jacob’s Children

Genesis  30:1-43               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Rachel saw that she had [given] Jacob no children, she envied her sister, [Leah.] [Rachel] said to Jacob, Give me children or else I die! [Jacob's] anger [grew] & he said, Am I in [place of God, Who has withheld [children] from you? She [told Jacob, See] my maid, Bihah, go in [& be intimate with her] & she shall bear [children] upon my knees [so that] I may have children by her. [Rachel] gave [Jacob,] Bilhah, her handmaid [as a] wife & Jacob [was intimate] with her.  

Bilhah conceived & [bore] Jacob a son. Rachel said, God has judged me & has heard my voice & given me a son. Therefore, [Rachel] called his name Dan. Rachel’s maid, Bilhah, conceived again & [bore] Jacob a 2nd son. Rachel said, With great [struggles,] I have wrestled with my sister & I have prevailed. She called his name Naphtali.

When Leah [realized] she had [stopped] bearing [children], she gave Zilpah, her maid, to Jacob [as a] wife & Leah's maid [bore] Jacob a son. Leah said, A troop is coming & called his name Gad. Leah’s maid, Zilpah, [bore] Jacob a 2nd son & Leah said, Happy, am I for the daughters will call me blessed & she called his name Asher.

When it was [the time] of the wheat harvest, Reuben found mandrakes in the field & took them to his mother, Leah. Rachel [asked,] I pray [that] you give me [some] of your son’s mandrakes. [Leah] said, Is it a small matter [to you] that you have taken away my husband? Would you take away my son’s mandrakes also? 

Rachel said, Therefore, [Jacob] will lie with thee tonight for your son’s mandrakes. [When] Jacob came out of the field in the evening, Leah went to meet him & said, You must come & [be intimate] with me, because I have surely hired you with my son’s mandrakes & he lay with her that night.

God [listened] to Leah & she [became pregnant & bore] Jacob the 5th son. [And Leah] said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband & she called his name was Issachar. [Then,] Leah [became pregnant again & bore] Jacob the 6th son. And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good [gift for my husband;] now [Jacob] will dwell with me, because I have [given birth to] 6 sons [for] him. 

[Leah] called  his name Zebulun. Afterward, [Leah bore] a daughter & called her name Dinah. [Then,] God remembered Rachel & [listened] to her & opened her womb. And she [bore] a son & said, God has taken away my reproach. [Rachel] called him Joseph & said, The Lord will [give] to me another son.

[It [happened] when Rachel had Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, [so] that I may go to my own place & to my country. Give me my wives & my children, for whom I have served you & let me go: for you know my service that I have done for you. 

Laban said to him, I pray [that] if I’ve found favor in your eyes, stay, for I have learned by experience that the Lord has blessed me for your sake. [Laban asked,Tell] me [what you want for] your wages & I will give it. And [Jacob said to Laban,] You know how I have served you & how your [sheep] were with me.

For you had [few] before I came & now it [has] increased to a multitude, because the Lord has blessed you, since my coming. Now, [how] shall I provide for my own house, also? [Laban] said, What shall I give you? 

Jacob said, If you do this thing for me, you [don’t] have to give me anything & I will again feed & [tend] your flock. I would pass through all your flock today, removing from [there] all the speckled & spotted [livestock] & all the brown [livestock] among the sheep & speckled & spotted among the goats & [these will] be my [wages.]

[This way, in the future, my righteousness shall answer for me, when [I] shall come before you [about my wages.] Everyone that isn't speckled & spotted among the goats & brown among the sheep with me, [shall be considered] stolen. Laban said, [Look, It should] be according to your word.  

[So] that day, [Laban] removed all the [male] goats that were [steaked] & spotted & all the [female] goats that were speckled & spotted. And everyone that had some white in it & all the brown among the sheep & [put] them into the [hands] of his sons. And [Laban put] a 3 day journey between himself & Jacob. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. 

Jacob peeled white strips to make the white appear in the rods of green poplar, hazel & chestnut [trees] & set the rods [that] he had [peeled] in the gutters in the watering troughs. [So] when the flocks came to drink, they would conceive before the rods & the flocks [delivered livestock] speckled & spotted & [streaked offspring] & he kept his flock separate from Laban’s. 

Jacob [separated] the lambs & [had them face toward] the [streaked] & all the brown of [Laban's] flock. [Jacob] put his own flocks by themselves & [didn't] put them [with] Laban's [livestock.] 

It [happened, whenever] the stronger [livestock] conceived, Jacob [put] the rods in the gutters [in front of] the eyes of the [livestock, so] that they might conceive among the rods. But when the [livestock] were [weak, Jacob didn't] put them in. So, the [weaker livestock] were Laban's & the stronger [were] Jacob's. [Jacob became] exceedingly [prosperous] & had [large flocks, male & female servants] & camels & [donkeys.]