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.

1/03/2023

Genesis 49:1-33 Jacob Tells Sons What Will Happen to Them

 

Jacob Tells His 12 Sons What Will Happen to Them in Their Last Days

Genesis  49:1-33               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

Jacob [a.k.a. Israel,] called to his sons & said, Gather yourselves together, [so] I may tell you [what shall happen to] you, in [your] last days. Gather yourselves together, you sons of Jacob & [pay attention] to your father, Israel. 

Reuben, my firstborn, the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity & power, but unstable as water you shall not excel, because you went up to your father’s bed & you defiled it. He went up to my [bed.] 

[Genesis 35:22 An it [happened,] when Israel [a.k.a. Jacob] dwelt in the land, that Reuben went & lay [intimately] with Bilhah, his father's [mistress] & Israel heard [of] it. Now, the sons of Jacob were 12.]

Simeon & Levi are [brothers] & [weapons] of cruelty are in their [homes.] [On,] my soul, [don't] you [be] assembled [with them] in their secret [plans.] [On] my honor, [don't] you [join in alliance] with them, because] they [killed] a man in their anger.

[Of] their [own] will, they [destroyed] a wall. Cursed [is] their anger, for it was fierce & their [fury] was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob & scatter them in Israel. 

Judah, [only] you, shall your [brothers] praise. Your hand shall be [on] the neck of your enemies. Your father's children shall bow down before you. Judah, my son, is a lion’s [cub,] stooped & crouched down [like] an old lion from the prey & you have gone up. Who shall [stir] him up? 

[Micah 5:8 And the [rest] of [Jacob/Israel] shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, [like ] a lion among the [wild animals] of the forest, [like] a young lion among the flocks of sheep, who, if he [goes] through [them,] he both [tramples] down & tears [them into] pieces & none can deliver.] 

*The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver [to be born of his lineage,] until Shiloh [comes] & to him shall be the gathering of the people. [Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders said to me, [Don't] weep; [Look,] the Lion of the tribe of [Judah,] the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book & to [loosen] the 7 seals [of it.] 

[Tieing] his foal to a vine & his [donkey's] colt to a choice vine & he washed his garments in wine & his clothes in the blood of grapes. His eyes are red with wine & his teeth white with milk. 

Zebulun shall dwell [by] the [harbor] of the sea. He shall [become] a haven for ships & his border shall be to Zidon [a.k.a.Sidon.]

Issachar is a strong [donkey crouching] down between 2 burdens. He saw that rest was good & the land was pleasant. [He] bowed his shoulder to bear [a burden] & became a servant [to work for money.] 

Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. Dan shall be a [snake] by the [road] & a [viper] in the path, that bites the horse's heels, so [its] rider falls backward. 

I have waited for Your Salvation, O Lord. [Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said [on] that day, [Look,] this is our God. We have waited for Him. We will be glad & rejoice in His Salvation.]

A troop shall overcome Gad, but he shall [triumph] at last. [The sons of Reuben & the Gadites & 1/2 the tribe of Manasseh, 44,760 of valiant men, skillful in war & able to bear [shield] & sword & to shoot with a bow, went out to war.]

Out of Asher, his bread shall be [rich] & he shall yield to royal dainties. [Deuteronomy 33:24 And of Asher, he said, Let Asher be blessed with children. Let him be acceptable to his [brothers] & let him dip his foot in oil.]

Naphtali is a hind [of a gazelle, swift when] let loose. He uses [agreeable] words.

Joseph is a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall & the archers grieved him [bitterly] & shot at him & hated him. But his bow [remained] in strength & his hands were made strong by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob (From [there] is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel).

[John 10:10-11 The thief [only] comes to steal & to kill & to destroy. I [have] come, [so] that they might have life & that they might have it more abundantly. I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.]

Even by the God of your [forefathers,] Who shall help you & by the Almighty Who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above & blessings of the deep that lies [below] & blessings of the breasts & the womb.  

[Genesis 35:11 And God said to [Jacob/Israel] I am God Almighty. Be fruitful & multiply. A nation & a [group] of nations shall be [from] you. And kings shall come [from] your loins.] 

The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my [ancestors,] to the [furthest boundaries] of the everlasting hill. They shall be the crown upon the head of [Joseph] who was [separated] from his [brothers.]  

Benjamin shall [be as ravenous] as a wolf & he shall devour the prey in the morning & divide the [plunder] at night. 

All of these are the 12 tribes of Israel & this is [what] their father [spoke] to them & blessed them. Everyone according to his blessing, he blessed them. 

[Jacob/Israel] charged & said to them, I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my [forefathers] in the cave that is in the field of Epphron, the Hittite. 

[Bury me] in the cave from the children of Heth in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite as a possession for a [burial] place. 

There they buried Abraham & Sarah, his wife, and Isaac & Rebekah, his wife & I buried Leah, [my wife] there.The purchase of the field & the cave that is there was [made with] the children of Heth.

And when [Jacob/Israel] finished commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, [died] & was gathered to his people.