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.

12/20/2022

Genesis 34:1-31 Jacob’s Sons Taking Revenge for Their Sister Being Defiled

 

Jacob’s Sons Taking Revenge for Their Sister Being Defiled

Genesis  34:1-31               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Dinah, [the grown] daughter Leah [bore] to Jacob [God renamed Jacob, Israel,] went out to see the daughters of the land. When Shechem, son of Hamor, the Hivite, [a] prince of the country, saw [Dinah,] he took her & lay with her & defiled her. His soul [yearned for] Dinah, [Jacob's] daughter & loved [her] & spoke kindly to [her.] 

Sheshem [spoke] to his father, Hamor, saying, Get me this [young woman] to [be my] wife. [Jacob/Israel] heard that he had defiled Dinah, his daughter. Now his sons were with the cattle in the field & Jacob held his peace until they [came.] And Hamor, [Shechem’s] father, went out to [speak] with [Jacob/Israel.] 

And [Jacob's] sons came out of the field, when they heard it & the men were grieved & very [angry,] because [Shechem] had done such a [disgraceful thing] in Israel, by lying with Jacob's daughter, which [shouldn't] be done. Hamor [told] them, The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. I pray [that] you give her [to] him to [be his] wife. 

You can make marriages with us & give your daughters ro us & take our daughter [for] you. And you shall dwell with us. The land shall be before you. Dwell & trade [in the land] & get possessions [for] you [in it.] And Shechem [asked] her father & brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes & I will give [whatever] you shall say to me. Ask me [for] a dowry & a gift & I will give you according to [what] you shall say to me: but give me the [young woman to be my wife.]  

And [Jacob's] sons answered Shechem & Hamor, his father, deceitfully, because [Shechem] had defiled Dinah, their sister. [Her brothers] said to them, We can’t do this thing, to give our sister to [someone who] is uncircumcised, for that is a [disgrace] to us. But we will consent to you: If you will [like] we [are] & every male of you [is] circumcised.  

Then, we will give our daughters to you & we will take your daughters to us & we will become one people. But if you won't [listen] to us, to be circumcised; then we will take our daughter & we will be gone.

Their words pleased Hamor & Shechem, [Hamor's] son. And the young man [didn't decline] to do [this] thing, because [Shechem delighted in Dinah,] Jacob's daughter & he was more honorable than all the house of his father. 

And Hamor & Shechem, his son, came to the gate of their city, saying, These men are [peaceful] with us; therefore let them dwell in the land & trade [in it,] for it is large enough for them.

Let us take their daughters for wives & let us give them our daughters. Only [on this condition] will the men consent to dwell with us [as] one people, if every male among us is circumcised, [like] they are circumcised. Let’s consent to them & they will dwell with us. [Won't] all their cattle & every [animal] of theirs [shall] be ours?

All [males who] went out of the gate of the city, [paid attention] to Hamor & shechem, his son & [got] circumcised. It [happened] on the 3rd day, When they were sore [after their circumcision,] 2 of [Jacob's] sons, Simeon & Levi, Dinah’s [brothers,] each took [their] sword & came boldly upon the city [killing] all the males.

They [killed] Hamor & Shechem, his son with the edge of the sword & took Dinah out of Shechem’s house & [left.] [Jacob’s] sons came upon [those] slain [plundered] the city; because their sister had been defiled. They took their sheep, oxen, [donkeys] & [what] was in the city & in the [fields] & all their wealth & took captive the wives & their little ones & [plundered] all that was in the house. 

Jacob said to Simeon & Levi, You have troubled me & make me stink among the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites & Perizzites. [We are] few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me & kill me & my [household] & I  would be destroyed. [Jacob’s sons replied,] Should he deal with our sister [like a] harlot?