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.

10/26/2023

1 Chronicles 7:1-40 Generations of Issachar, Benjamin, Manasseh, Ephraim & Asher

 

Generations of Issachar, Benjamin, Manasseh, Ephraim & Asher

1 Chronicles 7:1-40                    1 Chronicles in [Smaller Chunks]

Now, [Issachar's] sons were: Tola, Puah, [a.k.a. Puvah,] Jashub & Shimrom, 4. [Tola's] sons [were:] Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, Shemuel, [a.k.a. Samuel,] heads of their father's [families.]

During the days David [ruled, there were:] 22,600 valiant men of might [throughout Tola's] generations [of descendants.]  [Uzzi's] son [was:] Izrahiah. [Izrahiah's] sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel & Ishiah, 5. All of them were chief men [a.k.a. leaders.]

And with them were bands of soldiers, 36,000 men ready for war. By their generations of their [father's] families, for they had many wives & sons. And among their [relatives] of all the families of Issachar were 87,000 [mighty] valiant men [recorded] by their genealogies.

[Benjamin's] sons [were:] Bela, Becher, Jediael, 3. [Bella's] sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth & Iri, 5. [They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 22,034 [mighty,] valiant men, recorded by their genealogies. 

[Benjamin’s] sons [were:] Bela, Becher & Jediael: 3. And [Bela’s] sons: Ezion, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth & Iri: 5 [leaders] of their [families] of their fathers, 22,034 mighty men of valor, [recorded] by their genealogies.

The sons of Becher, [a.k.a. Beker:] Zemira, [a.k.a. Zemirah,] Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, [a.k.a. Jeremoth,] Abiah, [a.k.a. Abijah,] Anathoth & Alameth, [a.k.a. Alemath.] All these are the sons of Becher. 

[They were leaders] of their [fathers’ families] & were 20,200 [mighty,] men of valor, [recorded] by their genealogy & by their generations. [Jediael's] son [was:] Bilhan. [Bilhan's] sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah [a.k.a. Kenaanah,] Zethan, Tharshish [a.k.a. Tarshish] & Ahishahar. 

All these were the sons of Jediael. [They were leaders] of their [fathers’ families] & were 17,200 [mighty,] valiant men, soldiers fit to go out to war. 

Also, Shuppim,[a.k.a. Shupham] & Huppim, [a.k.a. Hupham,] [descendants] of Ir, [a.k.a. Iri] & Hushim, the [descendants] of Aher. [Naphtali's] sons: Jahziel, [a.k.a. Jahzeel,] Guni, Jezer & Shallum [a.k.a. Shillem,] [who are Bilhah's descendants.]

[Manasseh's descendants:] Ashriel, [Manasseh’s grandson &] [in addition to him, Manasseh's Syrian mistress also gave birth to:] Machir, [a.k.a. Makir,] the father of Gilead. Machir [married] Maachah, [a.k.a. Makkah, who was] the sister of Huppim & Shuppim. 

The name of the 2nd was Zelophehad, [who was the great-grandson of Manasseh.] And Zelophehad [only fathered] daughters. And Maachah, [Machir's] wife [gave birth to] a son & called him: Peresh. His [brother's] name was Sheresh & his sons were: Ulam & Rakem. 

And [Ulam's] son [was:] Bedan. These were the [descendants] of Gilead. [Gilead was] the son of Machir. [Machir was] the son of Manasseh. His sister, Hammoleketh, [gave birth to:] Ishod, [a.k.a. Ishhod,] Abiezer, [a.k.a. Jeezer] & Mahalah, [a.k.a. Mahlah.] 

The sons of Shemidah, [a.k.a. Shemida were:] Ahian, Shechem, Likhi & Aniam. [The descendants of] Ephraim: [Ephraim's son was:] Shuthelah. [Shuthelah's son was:] Bered. [Bered's son was:] Tahath. [Tahath's son was:] Eladah. 

[Eladah's son was:] Tahath. [Tahath's son was:] Zabad. [Zabad's sons were:] Shuthelah & Ezer & Elead. [Ezer & Elead] were killed by the men born in the land of Gath, because they came down to take their [livestock.] 

And their father, Ephraim, mourned [for] many days & his brethren came to comfort him. And when he [was intimate with] his wife, she conceived & [gave birth to] a son & he named him Beriah, because [of all the tragedy in] his house. 

(And his daughter was Sherah, [a.k.a. Sheerah,] who built [the Lower & Upper] Beth Horon & Uzen Sherah, [a.k.a. Uzzen Sheerah.]) And Rephah was [Beriah’s] son & also Resheph. Telah [was:] his son. Tahan [was:] his son.

Laadan [was:] his son. Ammihud [was] his son. Elishama [was:] his son. Non, [a.k.a. Nun was:] his son. Jehoshua, [a.k.a. Joshua was:] his son. 

And their possessions & [places they lived] were [in:] Bethel & [its] towns, eastward: Naaran, [a.k.a. Naarath] & westward: Gezer, with [their] towns. Also, Shechem & [its] towns [all the way] to Gaza [a.k.a. Ayyah] & [its] towns. 

And by the borders of the children [people] of Manasseh, [were:] Beth Shean, Taanach, Megiddo & Dor & [all of their] towns. The children [people] of Joseph, the son of Israel [a.k.a. Jacob, lived] in these [places.]

[Asher's] sons: Imnah, Isuah, [a.k.a. Ishvah,] Ishuai [a.k.a. Ishvi] & Beriah & Serah, their sister. [Beriah's] sons: Heber & Malchiel, [a.k.a. Malkiel,] who is the father of Birzavith, [a.k.a. Birzaith & Birzoth.] 

Heber [fathered] Japhlet, Shomer [a.k.a. Shemer] & Hotham, [a.k.a. Helem] & their sister, Shua. [Japhlet's] sons: Pasach, [a.k.a. Pasak,] Bimhal & Ashvath. These are the children [people] of Japhlet.

The sons of Shamer, [a.k.a. Shemer:] Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, [a.k.a. Hubbah] & Aram. The sons of his brother, Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh & Amal. [Zophah's] sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, [a.k.a. Jether & Jithran] & Beera. 

[Jether's] sons: Jephunneh, Pispah & Ara. And the sons of Ulla: Arah, Haniel, [a.k.a. Hanniel] & Rezia, [a.k.a. Rizia.] All these were the children [people] of Asher.

[They were] heads of their [father's families] & were 26,000 [of the best mighty,] valiant men, chief of the princes [leaders, recorded] throughout [their genealogies, of those who were trained for] war & battle.