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.

12/23/2022

Genesis 38:1-30 Tamar Has a Child

Tamar Has a Child

Genesis  38:1-30               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

It came to pass at that time that [Jacob’s son,] Judah, went down from his [family] & went in to [visit] with a certain Adullamite named Hirah. [While] there, Judah saw a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite & [Judah] took her [as his wife] & was [intimate] with her & she conceived & [bore] a son named Er.

She conceived again & [bore] a son named Onan. She conceived yet again & [bore] a son [named] Shelah & was at Chezib when she [bore] him. Judah took Tamar to be a wife for his firstborn [son,] Er. And Er, was wicked in the sight of the Lord & the Lord slew him. 

And Judah said to Onan, Go into your brother’s wife & marry her & raise up [a child to honor] your brother.  Onan knew the [child] wouldn’t be his & when he [was intimate] with his brother’s wife, he spilled [his emission] on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. 

The thing he did displeased the Lord & He slew [Onan] also. Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father’s house, until Shelah, my son, [is] grown, lest he die also, as his [brothers] did. Tamar went & dwelt in her father’s house.

In time, Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shuah, died & Judah was comforted & he & his friend, Hirah, the Adullamite, went to his sheep shearers in Timnath. And it was told [to] Tamar, saying [Look,] your father-in-law, goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep. [Tamar took] her widow’s garments off of her & covered & wrapped herself with a veil.

She sat in an open place by the [road] to Timnath, [since] she saw that Shelah, [Judah’s youngest son] was grown & she wasn’t given to him [to be his] wife. When Judah saw her, he thought [she was a] harlot, because she covered her face. 

He turned in to her by the [road] & said, I pray [that] you let me [be intimate with] you; (because he didn’t know it was his daughter-in-law.) She [asked,] What will you give me, [so] that I know that you may come in to me? [Judah] said, I will send you a kid [goat] from the flock. 

She said, [What] will you give me as a pledge [collateral, until] you send it? [Judah] said, What pledge shall I give you? She said, Thy signet [ring], your bracelets, & your staff that is in your hand & he gave it [to] her & [was intimate with] her & [although they didn't know it yet,] [Tamar] conceived by [Judah]. And [Tamar] arose & went away & [took] her veil [off] & put on the [clothing] of her widowhood.  

And Judah sent the kid [goat] by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive his pledge [back] from the woman’s hand, but he couldn’t [find] her. Then [the Adullamite] asked the men of that place, Where is the harlot that was openly by the [road] side? 

They said, There was no harlot in this place. He returned to Judah & said, I can’t find her & the men of the place said that there was no harlot in this place. And Judah said, Let her [keep the items I left for collateral,] lest we [are] shamed. I sent this kid [goat] & you haven't found her.

It came to pass [in] about 3 months [afterward,] Judah was told, Tamar, your daughter-in-law, hath played the harlot & she is with child by whoredom. 

Judah said, Bring her forth & let her be burnt. When she was brought forth, she sent [for] her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man [who] these [things belong to]. I pray [that] you discern, whose these are: the signet, bracelet & staff. 

Judah acknowledged them & said, She has been more righteous than [me], because I didn’t [give] her to Shelah, my son. [Judah] didn’t know [Tamar] again [intimately.] [At the time she was in hard labor], behold, twins were in her womb.

[During the hard labor], one [baby] put out his hand: & the midwife took & [put] a scarlet thread upon his hand, saying, This [baby] came out first. It came to pass, as he [the baby] drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out. 

She said, How have you [come out first]? This breach is upon you: therefore his name was called Pharez. Afterward, his brother came out with the scarlet thread upon his hand & his name was called Zarah.