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.

Isaac’s Blessings as He Nears Death

 

Isaac’s Blessings as He Nears Death

Genesis  27:1-41               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Isaac was old, his eyes were [so] dim, it [happened] that he couldn’t see & he called his eldest son, Esau, & [told] him, My son, & [Esau] said, Here I am. And [Isaac] said, [See,] I am old & I [don’t] know when my death. Therefore, I now pray [that] you take your weapons & quiver & go out to the field & [hunt] some venison & make me savory meat, [like] I love & bring it to me, [so] that I may eat [it] & that my soul shall bless you, before I die.

And Rebekah [spoke] to her son, Jacob, saying, [See,] I hear your father speak to Esau, your brother, saying,  Bring me venison & make me me savory meat , [so] that I may eat [it] & bless you [in front of] the Lord, before my death. Therefore, go now my son & obey my voice according to [what] I command you. Go now to the flock & get me 2 good [kid goats from there] & I will make them savory meat for your father, [just like] he loves. And you shall bring it to your father, [so] that he may bless you before his death.  

And Jacob said to Rebekah, his mother, [Look, Esau, my brother, is a hairy man & [I'm not.] [Perhaps, my father will feel me & I will seem to him [like I'm deceitful] & I shall bring a curse upon me & not a blessing. His mother said to [Jacob,] Let your curse be on me, my son. Only obey my voice & go & get them [for] me. [After Jacob brought] them to his mother, she made the savory meat, such as his father loved.

Rebekah took the [best clothing] of her eldest son, Esau, [that] were in the house with her & put them on Jacob, her younger son, [along with the skin] of the [kid] goats on [Jacob’s] hands & the smooth [part] of his neck. She gave the savory meat & the bread she had prepared, into the hand of her son, Jacob. 

And [Jacob] came to his father & said, My father: and [his father [asked,] Here I am, who are you, my son? And Jacob said, I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done according [to what] you [bid] me [to do.] I pray [that] you, sit [up] & eat of my venison, [so] that your soul may bless me. Isaac [asked him,] How did you find it so quickly, my son? [Jacob] said, Because the Lord your God brought it to me.

Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray [that] I may feel you, [to see if] you are [really] my son, Esau, or not. Jacob went near to his father, [who] felt him & said, The voice is Jacob’s, but the hands are the hands of Esau. [Isaac didn’t recognize] him, because his hands were hairy [like] Esau’s hands, so [Isaac] blessed [Jacob]. Then, [Isaac asked him,] Are you [really] my son, Esau? [Jacob] said, I am.

[Isaac asked him,] Bring it near me & I will eat of my son's venison, [so  that my soul may bless you. his savory venison to him to eat, [so] that my soul may bless you. [Jacob came near] & brought him [the food] & he [ate it.] And [Jacob] brought him the wine to drink & [Isaac] drank [it.] Isaac said to him, Come near, now & kiss me, my son. [Jacob] came near & kissed him & [Isaac] could smell [Esau’s scent on[ his [clothing] & blessed him & said, See, of the scent of my son is [like] the [scent] of a field, which the Lord had blessed.

Therefore, [may] God give you of the dew of heaven & the fatness of the earth & plenty of corn & wine. Let people & nations serve you & bow down to you. Be [master] over your brethren & let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you & blessed be everyone who blesses you! 

It [happened,] as soon as Isaac [finished] blessing Jacob & Jacob [was barely] was gone from the presence of Isaac, his father, [that] Esau, his brother, came in from hunting & made savory meat & brought it to his father & said, Let my father arise & eat of his son’s venison, [so] that your soul may bless me.  When Isaac, his father, asked, Who are you? He replied, I am your firstborn son, Esau.

Isaac [was trembling] & asked, Who? Where is he [who] had taken venison & brought it to me & I [ate it] all & blessed him before you came? [Yet,] he shall be blessed. Esau cried [bitterly] when he heard his father’s words & [begged] his father, Bless me, also, O my father. [Isaac] said, Your brother came with [deceitfully] & has taken away your blessing. [Esau] said, Isn't he rightly named Jacob, because he has taken away both my birthright & [now] he has taken away my blessing! 

[Esau asked] his father, [Don't] you have reserved a blessing for me? Isaac said to Esau, [Look,] I have [already] made Isaac your master & have given all his brethren to him as servants & [blessed] him with corn & wine to sustain him. What shall I do now [for] you, my son? Esau [asked Isaac,] Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, also, O my father & Esau lifted up his voice & wept.

Isaac answered & said to Esau,  Behold, your dwelling shall be of the fatness of the earth & dew from the heaven above. You shall live by your sword & you shall serve your brother. It shall come to pass when you have dominion, that you will break [Jacob’s] yoke from off your neck. Esau hated Jacob for the blessing his father [had given] him.] 

[Esau planned] in his heart, I will [kill] Jacob, my brother, when the days of mourning for my father, Isaac, were at hand. Rebekah was told these words of [Esau’s plan] & called for Jacob, her younger son & [told him, Look,] your  brother, Esau, [is comforting] himself [by planning] to kill you. Therefore, now, my son, obey my voice & arise & flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran & [stay] with him a few days until [Esau’s] fury turns away & he forgets what you have done to him. 

Then I will send [for] you from [there.] Why should I be deprived of both [of] you in one day? Rebekah [told] Isaac, I am [worried to death], because of the daughters of Heth [Esau married] & if Jacob [selects] a wife from the daughters of Heth, [like] these, which are the daughters of the land, what good would my life [be] to me?