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.

1/02/2023

Genesis 48:1-22 Jacob Blessed Joseph’s 2 Sons

 

Jacob Blessed Joseph’s 2 Sons

Genesis  48:1-22                 The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

And it [happened,] after these things, when [someone] told Joseph, [Look,] your father is sick & [Joseph] took his 2 sons, Manasseh & Ephraim [to see him.]  When [someone] told [Jacob/a.k.a. Israel,] your son, Joseph, [is coming] to you, Israel strengthened himself & sat upon the bed. 

[Jacob/Israel] told Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me [in] Luz in the land of Canaan & blessed me. And [God] said to me, [Look,] I will make [you] fruitful & multiply [you] & I will make of [you] a multitude of people & give this land to [your descendants] as an everlasting possession.

Now [your] 2 sons, Ephraim & Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt, before I came to you in Egypt, are mine, [just like] Reuben & Simeon, they shall be mine.

[Jacob/Israel said,] [And your offspring [that] you father] after them shall be yours & shall be called after the name of their brethren, in their inheritance. As for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died beside me in the land of Canaan [on] the way, when [it wasn't far from] Ephrath. 

And I buried her there [on] the way to Ephrath, [which] is Bethlehem. [Jacob/Israel saw] Joseph's sons & [asked,] Whose sons are these? And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. 

[Jacob/Israel] said, I pray [that] you bring them to me & I will bless them. [Joseph] brought them [close, since Jacob/Israel’s] eyes were dim, [because of his age & he couldn't see. 

He kissed & embraced them & Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to [ever] see [your] face [again] & [look,] God has also shown me your [offspring.] Joseph brought [his sons] from [beside] his knees & [Joseph] bowed his face to the [ground.]

And Joseph took them both Ephraim in his right hand & [guided him] toward Israel's left hand. And Manasseh in [Joseph's] left hand & [guided him] toward Israel's right hand & brought them [close] to [Jacob/Israel.]

And Israel stretched out his right hand & laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger & his left hand [was] on the head of Manasseh, guiding his hands [knowingly;] for Manasseh was the 1st born. 

[Jacob/Israel] blessed Joseph & said, God, before Whom my [forefathers:] Abraham & Issac did [follow,] the God, [Who] fed me all my life long [until] this day, The Angel, [Who] redeemed me from all evil. 

Bless the lads & let my name be named on them & the name of my [forefathers:] Abraham & Isaac. And let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. 

And [Joseph lifted] up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head, to Manasseh's head. And his father refused & said, I know it, my son. I know it. He shall also become a people & he shall also be great. But truly his younger brother shall be greater than he & his [descendants] shall become a multitude of nations.

And [Jacob/Israel] blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, [May] God make you [like] Ephraim & [like] Manasseh. And [Jacob/Israel put] Ephraim before Manasseh. 

And Israel said to Joseph, [Look, I'm about] to die: but God shall be with you & bring you again to the land of your [forefathers.] [Also, I have given to you 1 portion [more than] your [brothers, [that] I took out of the hand of the Amorite, with my sword & with my bow.