1 Chronicles 1:34 BSB

Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיּ֥וֹלֶד	vai.Yo.led	and he fathered	H3205 →
אַבְרָהָ֖ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יִצְחָ֑ק ס	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
יִצְחָ֔ק	yitz.Chak	Isaac	H3327 →
עֵשָׂ֖ו	'e.Sav	Esau	H6215 →
וְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס	ve.Yis.ra.'El	and Israel	H3478 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
leads to
- Revelation 2:17
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone…
- Genesis 35:10
  And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
- Isaiah 62:2–4
  Nations will see your righteousness, and all kings your glory. You will be called by a new name that the mouth of the LORD will bestow.
- Hosea 12:3–5
  In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
- Genesis 27:33–36
  Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will…
Through
Matthew 1:2
Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.
leads to
- Acts 7:8
  Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Genesis 25:26
  After this, his brother came out grasping Esau’s heel; so he was named Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when the twins were born.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Acts 7:8
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve…
leads to
- Genesis 35:23–26
  The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”Acts 7:8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.Luke 3:34the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,Matthew 1:2Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.Genesis 21:2–3So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.Genesis 25:24–28When her time came to give birth, there were indeed twins in her womb.1 Chronicles 1:28The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.Malachi 1:2–4“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,Romans 9:10–13Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.

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