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.

12/31/2022

Genesis 46:1-34 Jacob/a.k.a. Israel Moves With His Family to Egypt

 

Jacob/a.k.a. Israel Moves With His Family to Egypt

Genesis 46:1-34               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Jacob/a.k.a Israel took all he had on his journey to Egypt & came to Beersheba & he offered sacrifices to the God of his father, Isaac. God spoke to Israel in a night vision & when God called Jacob/Israel to him, Jacob said, Here I am. 

[The Lord God] said, I am God, the God of your father & [you shouldn’t be afraid] to go down to Egypt, for I will make a great nation of you & I will go down with you into Egypt & I will surely bring you [back] up again & Joseph will put his hand on your eyes. 

In the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him, Jacob/Israel left Beersheba with [11 of his 12] sons, wives, little ones, [livestock] & [belongings,] they had gotten in the land of Canaan & [went] to Egypt, Jacob & all his [descendants] with him. Now, these were the names of the children of Jacob/Israel, [who] came to Egypt: Reuben was Jacob’s firstborn. 

The sons of Reuben were Hanoch, Phallu [a.k.a. Pallu], Hezron & Carmi. The sons of Simeon were: Jemuel [a.k.a. Nemuel], Jamin, Ohad, Jachin [a.k.a. Jarib], Zohar [a.k.a. Zerah] & Shaul, the son of a [Canaanite] woman. The sons of Levi were: Gershon, Kohath & Merari.

The sons of Judah were: Er, Onan, Shelah, Pharez [a.k.a. Perez] & Zarah [a.k.a. Zerah], but Er & Onan died in the land of Canaan. The sons of Pharez were: Hezron & Hamul. The sons of Issachar were: Tola, Phuvah [a.k.a. Puvah or Puah], Job [a.k.a. Jashub] & Shimron. 

The sons of Zebulun were: Sered, Elon & Jahleel. These [are] the sons of Leah, [whom] she bore to Jacob in Padan Aram, [along] with his daughter, Dinah. All the [persons,] his sons & daughters were 33. The sons of Gad were: Ziphion [a.k.a. Zephon], Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon [a.k.a. Ozni], Eri, Arodi [a.k.a. Arod] & Areli.

The sons of Asher were: Jimnah, Ishuah, Isui, Beriah & Serah, their sister. The sons of Beriah were: Heber & Malchiel. These were the sons of Zilpah [the handmaid,] whom Laban gave to Leah, his daughter & these she [bore] to Jacob: 16 [people]. The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife were: Joseph & Benjamin. 

Joseph’s wife, Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, [bore] to him [Joseph] Manasseh & Ephraim in the land of Egypt. The sons of Benjamin were: Belah, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim [a.k.a. Hupham] & Ard. 

These were the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob: 14 [people in all.] The son of Dan was: Hushim [a.k.a. Shuham]. The sons of Naphtali were: Jahzeel [a.k.a. Jahziel], Guni, Jezer & Shillem [a.k.a. Shallum].

These were the sons of Bilhah, [the handmaid], whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter & she bore these to Jacob: 7 [people in all.] All the [people] who went with Jacob/Israel to Egypt, [who] came from his [body,] besides Jacob’s son’s wives, were 66 [people in all.] 

And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were 2 [people]. All the [people] of the house of [Jacob/Israel] who went to Egypt were 70. Then he [Jacob/Israel] sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him [on the way] to Goshen & they came to the land of Goshen. 

Joseph got his chariot ready to go to Goshen & met his father & presented himself to his father & he fell & wept on his [father’s] neck a good while. [Jacob/Israel,] said, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive. 

And Joseph said to his [brothers] & his father's house, I will up & [tell] Pharaoh & say to him, My [brothers] & my father's house, [that] were in the land of Canaan, [have now] come to me. And the men are shepherds, for their trade has been to feed [livestock] & they have brought their flocks & herds, & all they have.

It shall [happen] when Pharaoh shall call you & say, What is your occupation? Say, Your servants' trade has been about [livestock] from our youth, until now, both us & also our father's, so [that] you may [live] in the land of Goshen, since the Egyptians [think] shepherds are an abomination.