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.

12/21/2022

Genesis 35:1-29 Rachel Dies in Childbirth

 

Rachel Dies in Childbirth

Genesis  35:1-29               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

God [told] Jacob,  Arise & go up to Bethel & dwell there & make an altar there to God, [Who] appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau, your brother. Jacob [told] all his household, Put away all the strange gods that are among you [from their plundering the city] & be clean & change your garments.

[Jacob] said, Let’s arise & go up to Bethel & I will make an altar there to God, Who answered me in the day of my distress & has been with me in the [path] that I went. They [handed] Jacob all the strange gods & their earrings in their ears & Jacob hid them under the oak [tree] by [the city,] Shechem. 

[As] they journeyed, the terror of God was on the cities all around them & they did not  pursue  after the sons of Jacob.  Jacob & all the people with him came to Luz, that is Bethel, in the land of Canaan & built an altar there. They called the place El Beth El, because God appeared to [Jacob] there, when he fled from the face of his brother.

Rebekah’s nurse, Deborah, died there. She was buried [below] Bethel, under an oak [tree] & called the place Allon Bachuth. God appeared to Jacob again & when [Jacob] came out of Padan Aram & blessed [Jacob.] And God said to him, Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your new name.  

God said to him, I Am God Almighty. Be fruitful & multiply; a nation & a company of nations shall proceed from you & *kings shall come from your [body,] The land which I gave Abraham & Isaac, I give to you & your [descendants] after you,will I give this land. 

[Luke 2:4-7 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, to Judae, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: (because he was of the house & lineage of David:) To be taxed, with Mary his [betrothed] wife, being [large] with child. 

And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn Son & wrapped Him in swaddling clothes & laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.]

God went up from where He had talked to him. [Jacob/Israel] set up a pillar of stone where God talked to him, at  Bethel. And [Jacob/Israel] poured a drink offering & oil [there.] And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. 

They journeyed from Bethel & [weren’t far from] Ephrath, [but] Rachel [was about to deliver] & was in hard labor. And it [happened,] when she was in hard labor, the midwife told Rachel, [Don't] fear, you will have this son also.

[Before Rachel] died [in childbirth,] she called [her son’s] name Benoni, but [Jacob] called him Benjamin. Rachel died & was buried on the [road] to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. [Jacob/Israel] set up a pillar upon her grave, that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave [until] this day.

[Jacob/Israel]  journeyed & [pitched] his tent beyond the Tower of Edar.  It [happened,] when [Jacob/Israel dwelt in] that land,  [his son,] Reuben, [had] lay with Bilhah, his father’s [mistress] & Jacob heard it. 

These are the 12 sons of [Jacob/Israel:] By Leah [were:] Reuben (1st born), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar & Zebulun. Rachel’s sons [were:] Joseph & Benjamin. By Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid [were:] Dan & Naphtali. And the sons [by] Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid were: Gad & Asher. These were the sons of Jacob born to him in Padan Aram.

Jacob came to his father, Isaac, [at] Mamre, in the city of [Kirjath Arba], which is Hebron, where Abraham & Isaac had [dwelt.] Isaac [lived] 180 years & [took his last breath] & died, being old & full of years & was gathered to his [forefathers.]   And his sons, Esau & Jacob buried him. [Genesis 15:15 And you shall go to your [forefathers] in peace & you shall be buried in a good old age.]