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.

Jacob Sent His 10 Sons to Egypt to Buy Food Because of the Famine

Jacob Sent His 10 Sons to Egypt to Buy Food Because of the Famine

Genesis  42:1-38               The First Book of Moses Called Genesis

When Jacob [a.k.a. Israel] saw there was [grain] in Egypt, Jacob said to his [11] sons, Why do [are] you [looking at] one another? [Listen,] I have heard that there is corn [grain] in Egypt. [Go] down [there] & buy us [some grain]  from [there, so] we may live, and not die. 

Joseph's 10 [brothers] went down to Egypt to buy [grain.] But Jacob [didn't] send [his youngest son,] Benjamin with his [brothers;] for [Jacob] said, Lest [perhaps] some calamity [would happen to] him.

And the sons of [Jacob/Israel] came to buy grain, among those [who] came: [because] the famine in the land of Canaan. Joseph was the governor over the land & he [was in charge of selling grain] to the people of the land. And Joseph's [brothers] came & bowed themselves down before him, [facing the ground.] 

And Joseph saw his [brothers & recognized] them, but [acted like a stranger] to them & spoke roughly to them & he said, [From where did] you come? And they [told him,] From the land of Canaan to buy food. Joseph knew his [brothers,] but they [didn't know] him.

Joseph remembered the dreams he [had about] them & said, You are spies; you have come [here] to see the [vulnerabilities] of the land. They [told Joseph, No, my lord,] your servants [have] come to buy food. We are all one man's sons & are [honest] men & aren’t spies. [Joseph] said [again,] [No,] you [gave] come to see the [vulnerabilities] of the land.

And they said, Your servants are [of 12 brothers,] the sons of 1 man in the land of Canaan & the youngest is this day with our father & one is [no more.] Joseph said, That's [exactly] it, [what] I said to you, saying, You are spies. [By this,] you shall [prove you aren’t spies.] By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go [out] from here, [unless] your younger brother [comes here.] 

Send one of you & let him [get] your brother & [the rest] of you shall be kept in prison, so your words may be [proven,] whether there [is] any truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, you surely [will be considered] spies.

[Joseph] put them together in [prison for] 3 days. And Joseph said to them the 3rd day, Do this & live; for I fear [respect] God. If you are [honest] men, let one of your [brothers] be [confined] in the prison house. 

[The rest,] go & carry [grain to] your houses for the famine. But bring your youngest brother to me, so your words [will] be verified & you shall not die & they did so. And they said to one another, We are [truly] guilty [about] our brother, [Joseph,] in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he [begged] us & we wouldn't [listen.]

Reuben anTherefore, this distress [has] come upon us. And Reuben answered them, [Didn’t ] I speak to you, saying, Don't sin against the child & you wouldn’t [listen to me.]

Therefore, [look,] his blood is also required [for what we did.] They [didn’t] know that Joseph understood them, [because] he spoke to them [through] an interpreter. [When Joseph heard what they said,] he turned [away] from them & wept.

[When Joseph] returned to them again, [he talked] with them & took & bound Simeon before their eyes. Joseph [secretly] commanded to fill their sacks with [grain] & to restore every man's money [which was to be put inside] his sack & to be given [provisions] for [the journey home]. [And this was done] to them.

And the [9 brothers loaded] their [donkeys] with [grain] & departed [from there.] One of them opened his sack to get [feed] for his [donkey at] the inn & [saw] his money & [saw it was] inside the mouth of his sack. And he [told his brothers,] My money is restored & [look,] it is even in my sack. Their heart failed them & they were afraid & said to one another, What is this that God has done to us? 

[When they got] to the land of Canaan, they came to [Jacob/Israel,] their father & told him all [that had happened] to them, saying, The man, who is the lord of the land, [spoke] roughly to us & [mistook] us for spies of the country. We said to him, We are [honest] men & [aren’t] spies. 

We [are] 12 [brothers,] sons of our father & 1 is [no longer] & the youngest is with our father in the land of Canaan this day. The man, the lord of the country, said to us, [This is how] I shall know you are [honest] men; leave 1 of your [brothers] here with me & take food for the famine [for] your households & be gone.

And bring back your youngest brother to me. Then I [will] know you aren’t spies, but are [honest] men. So, I will [return] your brother [from prison] & you can [do business] in the land. It [happened] as they emptied their sacks, that every man [saw their] bundle of money in [their] sacks & when both they & their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 

[Jacob/Israel,] their father said to them, You have bereaved me of my children. Joseph is not & Simeon is not & you [want] to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me. Reuben [spoke] to his father, saying, If I don’t return him [Benjamin] to you, slay my 2 sons. 

Deliver him into my hand & I will bring him [back] to you again. [Jacob/Israel] said, My son shall not go down with you. His brother is dead & if he is left alone & [something bad happens to] him [on] the way, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.